Reviewed: Apr. 22, 2011

Great recipe! Entire family loved it. Used 3 large granny smith apples - sliced thin and also microwaved for 2.5 minutes before adding to pan

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cheisler

Reviewed: Apr. 20, 2011

Made this for a card club get together. Tasted good, and I got requests for the recipe.

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julieka

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 12, 2011

AMAZING! Very similar to those that I had growing up in Germany. For those that are saying that there is too much crust or that the apples are not cooked enough, they obviously don't know what a bavarian torte is, and were just expecting an apple pie. The only change I made was instead of tossing the apples in so much sugar, I just sprinkled the cinnamon on top and cut the sugar to about 2 tbsp.

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nicolecaroline1023

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Apr. 3, 2011

Very good. I followed other reviewers' suggestions and microwaved the apples for about 2 minutes. I doubled all the rest of the recipe and used an 11in spring form tart pan. I had to turn my oven down quite a bit and cooked a little longer, so not to scorch the top. It turned out wonderfully.

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JC1124

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Auburn, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2011

Well, here's a strange one. My husand HATES butter - won't eat anything with butter in it, even if he can't taste it - just knowing there's butter in something will keep him away. So I didn't tell him there was butter in the crust and was nervous because I found it very buttery tasting - but he loved it and didn't mention anything about it being buttery tasting. I asked him to rate it and he gave it 5 stars!! The irony is I LOVE butter - and yet I found the crust tasted much too buttery and the filling was just OK. I gave it 3 stars. I've made much better desserts. So I chose the happy medium and gave it 4 stars.

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SheilaP1

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2011

recommend making the crust thicker to get more of the taste. Also be sure to microwave the apples long enough before baking them so that they are softer

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ashbanana

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2011

Delicious!! I did microwave the apples as suggested, and doubled the cream mixture to make more layers. So good, made it for Christmas desert and my family LOVED it!

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Jodell77

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2011

This was a wonderful dessert! My family raved about it! I used a mixture of canned pears and 1 large Granny Smith apple. I also used almond extract in place of the vanilla and did not include the almonds. I baked this in a tart pan to make a prettier edge crust. Beautiful presentation and delicious to eat!

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apos159

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2011

I scaled it down for two portions and didn't use a springform pan. I also used blackberries instead of apples. I cooked them for a few minutes in water, sugar, and cinnamon before I topped the cream cheese mixture. I also left out the almonds. I am looking forward to trying this with different types of fruit!

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lovetotravel

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 15, 2011

Pretty tasty. I only used three granny smith apples, but should have used at least one more. I doubled the cinnamon/sugar. I put the almonds on before baking, and they turned out okay.

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