Almond-Pear Cream Cheese Torte

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup sugar, divided
• 1 cup flour
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 4 fresh pears (1-1/4 lb.), peeled, sliced
• 1/4 cup PLANTERS Sliced Almonds

1. Heat oven to 425F.
2. Beat butter and 1/3 cup sugar in small bowl with mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Add flour; mix well.
4. Press onto bottom and 1 inch up side of 9-inch springform pan.
5. Beat cream cheese and 1/3 cup of the remaining sugar in same bowl with mixer until blended.
6. Add egg and vanilla; mix well.
7. Spread onto bottom of crust.
8. Mix remaining sugar and cinnamon until blended.
9. Add to pears in large bowl; toss to coat.
10. Arrange over cream cheese layer; top with nuts.
11. Bake 10 min.
12. Reduce temperature to 375F; bake torte 25 min.
13. or until center is set.
14. Cool completely.
15. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen torte.
16. Remove rim.
17. Refrigerate torte 3 hours.

butter, sugar, flour, philadelphia cream cheese, egg, vanilla, ground cinnamon, fresh pears, almonds

Taken from www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/almond-pear-cream-cheese-torte-65877.aspx (may not work)