Bavarian Apple Tart

Cream the butter with 1/3 cup sugar and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, then add flour and mix. Press crust into the bottom and 1 inch up the sides of a 9 inch Springform pan. In a large bowl combine cream cheese, the 1/4 cup sugar, egg, and the 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour over crust. In a small bowl mix the 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon. Toss this with the apple slices. Arrange apple slices in concentric circles over the cream cheese mixture. If there is any cinnamon sugar remaining in the bowl, sprinkle it over the apples in the pan. Also sprinkle on the almonds. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 400 degrees and bake 25 more minutes.

Makes 8 servings