Apple Cream Cheese Tart - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Tart Shell
    8 ounces sugar
    1 lb butter
    2 ounces eggs
    1 1/2 lbs pastry flour
    Cream Cheese Filling
    1 1/2 lbs cream cheese
    6 ounces sugar
    1/8 ounce lemon zest
    6 ounces eggs
    Apples
    2 lbs granny smith apples, peeled, cored, thinly sliced
    9 ounces sugar
    3 ounces cinnamon
Preparation
    Tart:
    Cream Sugar and Butter with paddle until fluffy.
    Add Eggs in one at a time to full incorporate.
    Slowly add Pastry Flour.
    Wrap and refrigerate for at least six hours.
    Roll out 1/2 in thick.
    Place in Tart shell. Make sure there are no air bubbles.
    Cream Cheese Filling:
    Cream Sugar and Cream Cheese using paddle attachment.
    Add lemon zest.
    Add eggs in one at a time to fully incorporate.
    Spread filling in an unbaked tart shell.
    Apples:
    Mix sugar and cinnamon with apples.
    Place in a symmetrical pattern on top of filling (can also add nuts on top).
    Bake at 375 F until golden brown and set.

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