Williamsburg Apple Cream Cheese Torte

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 ½ sticks butter or margarine, softened
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• ½ tsp. vanilla
• 1 ½ cups flour
• Filling:
• 12 oz. cream cheese, softened
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp. lemon rind

Instructions

Topping:
1 qt. baking apples, peeled and sliced
¼ cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
14 tsp. nutmeg

For crust, cream butter and sugar; add vanilla and flour; pat onto bottom and up 1" sides of 9" springform pan.
For filling, combine all ingredients and spread over crust.
For topping, combine ingredients and arrange mixture on top of cheese mixture. Sprinkle with 6 tbs. slivered almonds.
Bake at 450 degrees for 10 mins. Reduce heat to 400 and bake 25 mins. more; cool completely