Categories: Sweet Breads- Coffee Cakes- Tortes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar, divided
- 1 cup flour
- 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 4 cups sliced peeled pears (about 4 medium pears)
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds
Directions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees. eat butter and 1/4 cup sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
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Add flour; mix well. Spread firmly onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of 9 inch springform pan. Beat cream chees and 1/3 cup of the remaining sugar in same bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
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Add egg and vanilla; ix well. Spread evenly over crust.
- Combine remaining 1/3 cup sugar and the remaining cinnamon. Add to the pears in a large bowl; toss to coat. Arrange over cream cheese layer; sprinkle with almonds.
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Bake 10 minutes. Reduce temperature to 375 degrees, continue baking 25 minutes or until center is set. Cool on wire rack. Loosen torte from rim of pan. Cover and refrigerate 3 hours before serving. Store leftover torte in refrigerator.