Desserts

Almond-Pear Cream Cheese Torte

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this is one of my go to recipes. i have been making it forever. everyone always asks me for the recipe cant go wrong with t this one. delicious.

posted by

crissy386

on 4/4/2013

time

prep:

30 min

total:

5 hr 5 min

servings

total:

12 servings

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What You Need

1/2

cup butter or margarine, softened

cup sugar, divided

cup flour

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

egg

1/2

tsp. vanilla

1/2

tsp. ground cinnamon

fresh pears (1-1/4 lb.), peeled, sliced

1/4

cup PLANTERS Sliced Almonds

Make It

HEAT oven to 425°F.

BEAT butter and 1/3 cup sugar in small bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add flour; mix well. Press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.

BEAT cream cheese and 1/3 cup of the remaining sugar in same bowl with mixer until well blended. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Spread onto bottom of crust. Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon. Add to pears in large bowl; toss to coat. Arrange over cream cheese layer; top with nuts. Bake 10 min.

REDUCE temperature to 375°F; bake torte 25 min. or until center is set. Cool completely. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen torte. Remove rim. Refrigerate torte 3 hours.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Healthy Living

Save 30 calories and 3 grams of fat per serving by preparing with PHILADELPHIA Neufchatel Cheese.

Substitute

Substitute finely chopped PLANTERS Pecans for the almonds.

Blending Cream Cheese

When blending cream cheese in dessert recipes, make sure the cream cheese and sugar are completely blended, free of lumps and smooth before adding any other ingredients. If the cream cheese is too cold, it will not blend easily. To easily soften cream cheese, place a completely unwrapped package of cream cheese in a microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 15 sec. or until softened. Add 15 sec. for each additional package of cream cheese.

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crissy386

posted:4/4/2013

this is one of my go to recipes. i have been making it forever. everyone always asks me for the recipe cant go wrong with t this one. delicious.

coni01

posted:3/20/2013

SOOO EASY!!! SOOOO GOOD!!!! Everyone enjoyed this.... I made it with canned peaches AWESOME!!!!! Have made this many times and will continue..... :)

dcleduc

posted:4/22/2012

Awesome!

diagirl

posted:4/20/2012

I wasn't pleased with this recipe. I will not be making it again.

SharRB

posted:11/15/2011

I made this with apples. My husband LOVED it! I will try with pears next time.

Derduchess

posted:10/10/2011

I made this for the "Meet the Parents" dinner...it was successful all the way around. I cut the sugar in the crust to 2 tbsp, 1/3 c sugar, 1/3 c Splenda in the filling & used 1/4 tsp vanilla & 1/4 tsp almond extract. A brilliant dessert!

pilotbaby