Thanksgiving Preparation: What’s For Dessert?

By: LATF Staff Member
Food And Drink
November 21, 2013, 11:42 am

In our Thanksgiving recipe series, we’ve decided to work our way backwards. Let’s start with dessert! This one is courtesy of Kraft – the scrumptious Apple-Pear Crumble Pie. You won’t be able to get the family to leave with this sweet pie:

What You Need:

24 NILLA Wafers, crushed (about 3/4 cup)

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup butter, melted

1 ready-to-use refrigerated pie crust (1/2 of 14.1-oz. pkg.)

4oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

2 large baking apples, peeled, sliced

1 large pear, peeled, sliced

1/3 cup granulated sugar

1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1-1/4 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

What To Do:

HEAT oven to 375ºF.

MIX wafer crumbs, brown sugar and butter until blended.

PLACE pie crust in 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray. Spread cream cheese carefully onto bottom of crust; sprinkle with half the crumb mixture. Combine fruit in large bowl. Add granulated sugar, flour and cinnamon; toss to coat. Spoon over crumb layer in crust; sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture.

BAKE 35 min. or until fruit is tender and crust is lightly browned, covering loosely with foil after 25 min. if necessary to prevent crust from overbrowning. Cool.

SERVE topped with COOL WHIP.