Apricot Cheese Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/4 cups quick oats
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) package neufchatel cheese
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup dates, sliced
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon orange rind, grated
• 3/4 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 cup apricot halves, drained (canned)

Recipe

• 1 combine oats, butter, cinnamon and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg in a small bowl. press mixture onto bottom and up sides of a 9" round pie plate.
• 2 bake at 425 degrees for 7 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned.
• 3 meanwhile, combine cottage cheese, cream cheese, eggs, dates, 1/3 cup of the pineapple juice, vanilla extract, orange zest and remaining nutmeg in a food processor, mixer or blender and mix well.
• 4 pour into cooled crust and bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until filling is set, then chill at least one hour.
• 5 combine remaining pineapple juice and cornstarch in a small saucepan and heat to boiling, then boil 1 minute, stirring constantly, until thickened and clear. arrange drained apricot halves on top of cheese filling and spoon pineapple glaze evenly over apricots.
• 6 refrigerate until glaze is set.