dessert recipes

Apple-coconut Pie


desserts, pies

3 1/2 cup apples, tart; thinly sliced
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoon flour, all-purpose
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 oz coconut, flaked
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoon margarine
----CREAM CHEESE PASTRY----
1 cup margarine; softened
6 oz cream cheese; softened
2 cup flour, all-purpose
1 dash salt

Line a 10" piepan with half the pastry rolled 1/8" thick. Arrange apples in unbakes pie shell. Combine sugar, flour, and salt; sprinkle over apples, mixing well. Cover with coconut, sprinkle vanilla over top, and dot with margarine. Roll out remaining pastry, and place over filling; seal and flute edges. Cut slits in top to allow steam to escape. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 300 degrees and bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes. Cream Cheese Pastry: Combine margarine and cream cheese; mix well. Cut in flour and salt iwht pastry blender. Shape dough into a ball; chill. Yield: enough pastry for double crust 10" pie. SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, March 1974. Typos by Nancy Coleman.