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Follow just four steps to make a bakery-fancy dessert -- it's simply delicious!

Prep Time: 20 Min

Total Time: 1 Hr 20 Min

Makes: 8 servings

Angelika Harder
Eagle River, Alaska
Bake-Off® Contest 44, 2010
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INGREDIENTS

1
 Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box
1 1/2
 cups Fisher® Chef’s Naturals® Natural Sliced Almonds
1/2
 cup sugar
1
 Land O Lakes® Egg
1
 tablespoon whipping cream
1/2
 cup Smucker's® Apricot Preserves
1
 tablespoon lemon juice
1/2
 to 1 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Ginger
1
 tablespoon cornstarch
2
 tablespoons LAND O LAKES® Unsalted or Salted Butter, melted
2
 teaspoons sugar

DIRECTIONS

1 Heat oven to 400°F. Unroll pie crust; place in ungreased 9- or 10-inch glass pie plate, pressing on bottom and up side (crust will extend over edge of plate). 2 In food processor or blender, place almonds and 1/2 cup sugar. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses until almonds are very finely chopped. Add egg and cream. Cover; process until thick paste forms. Spread in bottom of pie crust. Wipe out processor. 3 In food processor, place preserves, lemon juice, ginger and cornstarch. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses until smooth. Spread evenly over almond mixture. 4 Fold edge of crust over filling, pleating crust as necessary. Brush butter on crust; sprinkle with 2 teaspoons sugar. Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool 30 minutes. Serve warm or cool.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft)

Nutritional Information

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Serving)
  • Calories 360
    • (Calories from Fat 170),
  • Total Fat 19g
    • (Saturated Fat 5g,
    • Trans Fat 0g),
  • Cholesterol 35mg;
  • Sodium 160mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 44g
    • (Dietary Fiber 2g,
    • Sugars 24g),
  • Protein 4g;
Percent Daily Value*:
  • Vitamin A 2.00%;
  • Vitamin C 0.00%;
  • Calcium 6.00%;
  • Iron 4.00%;
Exchanges:
  • 1 Starch;
  • 0 Fruit;
  • 2 Other Carbohydrate;
  • 0 Skim Milk;
  • 0 Low-Fat Milk;
  • 0 Milk;
  • 0 Vegetable;
  • 0 Very Lean Meat;
  • 0 Lean Meat;
  • 0 High-Fat Meat;
  • 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 3;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
®Land O’ Lakes is a registered trademark of Land O’ Lakes, Inc.
Fisher and Chef’s Naturals are registered trademarks of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Elgin, IL 60123-7820
Bake-Off is a registered trademark of General Mills ©2011
Smucker’s is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company.
Copyright © McCormick and the Mc logo are registered trademarks of McCormick & Company, Incorporated, used by permission.

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