Description
Delicious cinnamon pie recipe with a creamy and sweet cinnamon vanilla filling on a crispy pie crust (for a 9 inch/ 22 cm pie plate - 10-12 slices)
Ingredients
Pie crust :
- 200 g ( 1 1/3 cup) Flour - all purpose
- 50 g (1/4 cup) Sugar - granulated
- 1 pinch Salt
- 135 g (1 stick + 2 tbsp) Butter - unsalted cut into pieces and very cold
- 60 ml (1/4 cup) Water - iced
Cinnamon filling :
- 225 g (8 oz) Cream cheese - Philadelphia
- 100 g (1/2 cup) Sugar
- 50 g (1/4 cup) Brown sugar
- 3 Eggs - room temperature - approx. 180 g
- 300 g (1 1/4 cup) heavy cream - full fat
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 30 g (3 tbsp) Flour - or cornflour
- 3 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. all spices
- 1 pinch of Salt
Instructions
Pie crust:
- In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients, flour, sugar and salt.
- Add the cold butter pieces and crumble with your hands until you get a sandy mixture.
- Add the cold water and gather with your hands without kneading until you get a ball of dough.
- Cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.
- Roll out the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper or on a floured work surface to a thickness of 3-4 mm.
- Line a 9 inch / 22 cm wide pie plate with the dough, shape the edges and prick the bottom with a fork, then place in the freezer while you prepare the cinnamon mixture.
Cinnamon Filling:
- In a large bowl, place cream cheese, white sugar and brown sugar and mix with an electric mixer for 2 minutes until creamy and smooth.
- Add the eggs, vanilla and heavy cream and mix again with a mixer to incorporate.
- Finish with the dry ingredients, flour, salt and spices and mix gently with an spatula to incorporate.
- Pour the cinnamon filling into the pie pan over the bottom crust.
Baking:
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F / 180°C and bake for about 45 minutes until it is golden brown on top and the texture is firm.
- Remove from the oven and let the cinnamon pie cool completely to room temperature before serving lukewarm or cold with whipped cream.
Notes
Conservation: 3-4 days in the refrigerator and up to 3 months in the freezer, wrapped in cling film or in a conservation box.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: pie, dessert
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 187
- Sugar: 1.8 g
- Sodium: 190.1 mg
- Fat: 12.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 6.4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.2 g
- Fiber: 3.6 g
- Protein: 12.4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg