Apple and Pear Crumble Pie
24Â vanilla wafer cookies, crushed (about 3/4 cup)
¼ cup of packed brown sugar
¼ cup of melted butter
1 ready-to-use refrigerated pie crust (1/2 of a 14.1 ounce package)
4 ounces (1/2 of 8-ounce package) softened cream cheese
2 large baking apples which have been peeled and sliced
1 large fresh pear, which has been peeled and sliced
1/3 cup of granulated sugar
¼ cup of all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1-1/4 cups of thawed whipped topping
Preheat your oven to 375ºF.
Add the vanilla wafer crumbs, brown sugar and butter to a medium bowl; stir until it is well blended. Set the bowl aside.
Spray a 9-inch pie pan with cooking spray and then place one of the pie crusts into the pie pan. Spread the cream cheese into the bottom of crust. Sprinkle half of the wafer mixture over the cream cheese.
In a large bowl, combine the fruit. Add the second amount of sugar, flour and cinnamon to the fruit. Toss the fruit to coat it. Spoon this mixture over the crumb layer in the pie crust. Sprinkle the remaining crumb mixture over the apples and pear slices.
Place the pie into the oven and bake it for about 35 minutes or until the fruit is tender and the crust has become lightly brown. At about 25 minutes, cover the pie loosely with aluminum foil to prevent the crust from overbrowning. Remove the pie from the oven and allow it to cool completely. Serve the pie with whipped topping.