Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup vanilla wafer, crushed (about 24)
  • 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup butter, melted
  • 1 ready-to-use pie crust (1/2 of 15 oz package)
  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 -2 large baking apple, peeled, sliced
  • 1 large pear, peeled, sliced
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F
  • Prepare a crumb mixture by combining vanilla wafer crumbs, brown sugar, and butter, and mixing well.
  • Place pie crust on cookie sheet.
  • Spread cream cheese across bottom of the crust-- watch out because the dough could tear a bit, so take your time.
  • Cover cream cheese with half of the crumb mixture.
  • Combine fruit, sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a large bowl and toss to mix well.
  • Spread fruit mixture into the pie and cover with the remaining crumb mixture.
  • Bake for 35 minutes, when fruit is tender and crust is lightly browned.
  • If necessary, you can cover loosely with foil to prevent crust from getting too well done after 25 minutes.