Apple Cream Cheese Pie

Crust

2 ½ cups flour
3 T. sugar
1 cup shortening
1 t. salt
1 egg
2/3 cup milk

To make crust, sift flour, sugar & salt together; cut in shortening. Combine egg and milk and stir into flour mixture.

Roll out half the dough between two sheets of waxed paper to fit a jellyroll pan. Reserve the other half to top dessert.

Pour prepared apple filling over crust in pan. Roll out remaining dough and cover filling. Seal edges well and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Coll and frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Apple Filling

6 large apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 t. ground cinnamon
2 T. quick-cooking tapioca
1 ½ cups sugar

Mix all ingredients together.

Cream Cheese Frosting

3 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 t. vanilla
6 T. unsalted butter, softened
1 T. cream
1 ¾ cups powdered sugar, sifted

Mix well to make a smooth frosting. Add more cream if needed.