Southern Ambrosia Apple Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pastry shell (9 inches)
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. apple juice
2 tbsp. butter or margarine
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
4 c. thinly sliced peeled baking apples
2 tsp. lemon juice
1 egg
2/3 c. evaporated milk
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. flaked coconut
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1/2 c. sugar
3/4 c. chopped pecans, toasted
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 carton (8 oz.) frozen whipped topping, thawed
Whole pecans, toasted, optional

Preparation

Line pastry shell with foil. Bake at 450\u00b0 for 5 minutes. Remove from oven; remove foil. Cool. In a saucepan over medium heat, bring brown sugar, apple juice, butter, cornstarch and salt to a boil. Stir in apples and lemon juice; cook and stir over low heat until apples are crisp tender, 5-8 minutes. Pour into pastry shell. In a small bowl, beat egg, milk, sugar, coconut, vanilla and cinnamon; mix well. Pour over apple mixture. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 40-45 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack. For topping, beat cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl. Stir in pecans and vanilla. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over pie. Garnish with pecans if desired. Chill for 4-6 hours.