Apple Quiche

Ingredients Pastry for a 9-inch one-crust pie 3 3/4 cups peeled -- cored and thinly

-- sliced Granny Smith -- Apples (about 3 -- medium) 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

2 teaspoons cinnamon

3 eggs

1 cup whipping cream

8 ounces Monterey Jack Cheese -- shredded

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line 9-inch pie plate with pastry. Crimp edge and prick bottom and sides with fork at 1/2-inch intervals. To prevent shrinkage, set 8-inch round cake pan into pie shell (or line snugly with aluminum. Bake 6 minutes. Remove cake pan or foil and continue to bake shell until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Layer half the apples, sugar and cinnamon in pie shell; repeat layers. Cover completely with cheese. Beat eggs with cream. Make a small hole in cheese; pour egg mixture into hole. Cover hole with cheese. Bake about 1 hour until top is browned and apples are tender when tested with pick. Cool 10 to 15 minutes before cutting into wedges. Makes 6 servings.