Apple Cheesecake

Crust:
1/2 C butter
1/3 C sugar
1 C flour
Filling:
8 oz cream cheese
1/4 C white sugar
1 egg
1 t vanilla
Topping:
1 1/2 lb apples (approx. 2 medium apples)
1/4 C sugar
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 C sliced almonds

To make crust, cream together butter and sugar. Add flour and mix well. Press onto bottom and 1 1/4" up sides of a 9" springform pan.

To make filling, mix together cream cheese and sugar. Add egg and vanilla. Blend well, and then spoon mixture into crust.

To make topping, core, peel and thinly slice apples. Arrange apples slices on cookie sheet or sheet of tin foil. Combine sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over both sides of apples.

Arrange apples in an overlapping pinwheel over cream cheese filling. Sprinkle almonds over the top.

Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 10 min. Reduce heat to 400 abd continue baking for 25 min. Remove from oven and cool 3-4 hrs. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

NOTE: If oven runs hot, bake at 425 and reduce to 350.