Cream-Cheese and Almond Pie

Name: Cream-Cheese and Almond Pie
Yield: Six servings.
Ingredients: 2 cups (1 pint) sour cream; 2 eggs, well beaten; ½ cup blanched, toasted almonds (see recipe following); ½ teaspoon almond extract; ¾ cup sugar; 11 ounces cream cheese; 4 tablespoons (½ stick) butter, melted; 1½ cups graham-cracker crumbs

Preparation info

Six
servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

About

Although the standard pastry I have given first is the most popular of all, there is much to recommend a graham-cracker crust. It is easier to make than the standard pastry, and here is an exceptionally tantalizing cream-cheese and almond pie using this simple and rather different-tasting crust.

Ingredients

½ cup blanched, toasted almonds (see recipe following)
1½ cups graham-cracker crumbs
4

Pastry
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Whirl the nuts in an electric blender until they are pulverized, or otherwise grate them.
Mix the graham-cracker crumbs with the butter and press the crumbs over the bottom and sides of a