Summer Fruit & Sweet Cream Cheese Galettes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
1 whole egg, separated
3 tablespoons sugar, divided
1 teaspoon vanilla (can use almond)
1 pie crust (purchased or home-made)
2 cups fruit (sliced plums, peaches, apricots or blackberries, blueberries, or raspberries)

Preparation

Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 400 degrees F.
Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, 2 T of cornstarch, and egg yolk in a medium bowl.
In a separate medium bowl, mix any combination of the fruit, 2 T sugar, remaining T of cornstarch and the vanilla or almond extract.
HINT - use any combination of fruits mentioned, or stick to one you love!
Roll pie dough to about a 13 inch circle.
Slide on to pizza pan or baking sheet and spread center evenly with cream cheese mixture, leaving a 2 inch border.
Scatter fruit evenly over cream cheese mixture.
Fold border of pie dough over the fruit (will leave a circle of fruit uncovered).
Brush top dough perimeter with egg white & sprinkle with remaining sugar.
Bake until golden brown and bubbly - about 30 minutes.
Loosen with a metal spatula and slide on to wire rack to cool slightly.
Serve warm.
Prep time shown is for using a purchased pie crust.