Apple Delight Recipe
This Apple Delight recipe is the perfect fall dessert with a buttery graham cracker crust and layers of fluffy cream cheese, apple pie filling, and whipped cream.
Servings: 12
Calories: 320kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups graham crackers, crushed
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup crushed pecans
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup confectioners sugar
- 16 ounces whipped topping, divided
- 2 cans apple pie filling (21 ounces each)
- ½ cup chopped pecans
- cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Crush graham crackers in a food processor or crush in a plastic Ziploc bag with a rolling pin.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the graham crackers, melted butter, crushed pecans, brown sugar and ground cinnamon until well combined.
- Spread and press down the crust mixture into a 9x13 baking dish with your hands or the back of a spatula. Bake the crust in the oven for 8 minutes, then remove and allow the crust to fully cool.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy. Slowly mix the powdered sugar into the cream cheese until fully incorporated.
- Stir half of the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture until well mixed.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly across the top of the cooled graham cracker crust.
- Evenly add the apple pie filling across the top of the cream cheese layer.
- Next, spread the remaining whipped topping over the top of the apple pie filling layer.
- Garnish the whipped topping layer with the chopped pecans.
- Chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours, or overnight before serving. Slice and serve, enjoy!
Notes
If you prefer smaller slices of apples you can take a knife and make cross cuts to the apples in the can several times to cut them into smaller pieces.
You can store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 261mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 279IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 1mg