Apple Cream Pie 'n Streusel Jan Peterson

3 cups peeled and sliced apples 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1 unbaked pie shell

Cream Cheese Filling:

2/3 cup sugar 1/8 tsp. salt

2 eggs 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

2 Tbsp. softened butter 3 oz. softened cream cheese

Streusel Crumbs:

1/3 cup brown sugar 2 Tbsp. softened butter

1/4 cup flour 1/4 cup chopped walnuts

Place apples in unbaked pie crust, sprinkle with cinnamon. Cream together sugar, eggs and butter, add salt, vanilla and softened cream cheese and blend until smooth. Spoon cream cheese filling over apples. Mix the brown sugar, flour, softened butter and chopped walnuts together to form the streusel crumbs. then sprinkle over top of the cream cheese filling. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, lower heat to 350 degrees and bake 15 minutes more.