Cranberry-Almond Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (9-inch) unbaked pastry shell
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
3 c. whole berry cranberry sauce
2/3 c. firmly packed light brown sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/3 c. unbleached white flour
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/2 c. toasted slivered almonds

Preparation

Blend softened cream cheese with 1/2 cup cranberry sauce; spread evenly over bottom of pastry shell.
Combine 1/3 cup brown sugar, cornstarch and remaining cranberry sauce; blend well and spread carefully over cream cheese layer.
Bake in 375\u00b0 oven for 35 minutes.
Combine flour and remaining 1/3 cup brown sugar; blend in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Stir in almonds.
Sprinkle over pie.
Bake 10 to 15 minutes more, or until center of pie is firm.