makes 12
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Ingredients:
- 1 3/4 C. (1 package) Graham Crackers
- 1/3 C. butter, melted
- 24 oz. (3 pkg) Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- 3/4 C. sweetened condensed milk
- 2/3 C. white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cans apple pie filling
- 2 ready-made pie crusts (the kind that is just dough that you unwrap, or make your own)
- 12 half pint canning jars or ramekins
- Drinking glass (a little larger than your jar lids), to cut out crust
Directions:
- Place graham crackers in ziploc bag and crush. I think this was the kids' favorite part. Wham! Wham! Wham!Pour melted butter into baggie with graham crackers and shake to mix well. Place 2 heaping tablespoons of graham cracker mixture into bottom of a half pint jar and carefully spread around.
- For cheesecake layer, beat cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Add sugar, eggs, vanilla, and lemon juice and mix well. Place 1/3 c. of cream cheese mixture into each jar.
- Fill jars to the top with apple pie filling (about 1/2 C).
- Unroll pie crust. Find a drinking glass or round cookie cutter that is about 1/2" larger than your jar lid and cut out 4 circles. Re-roll remaing dough and cut out 2 more circles. Repeat with other pie crust. If desired, cut small slits or a little shape in the middle of your crust.
- Place one cutout crust on each jar and pinch edges to resemble a pie crust. Finish with a light dusting of white sugar.
- Place on a cookie sheet (just in case any of them leak, you don't want to clean that out of your oven!) and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes until pie crusts are browned. I came back in the kitchen to find these two little bakers waiting veeeeeery patiently for their pies to come out of the oven... Remove from oven. Tie a small ribbon around each jar, if desired, and serve. I can't wait to make these for our next sit-down dinner, they'd be adorable served to each guest for dessert!
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