Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 slice)
  • Calories:
  • 377
  • Fat:
  • 21 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 12 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 103 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 268 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 42 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 5 g

Cherry Cheesecake Dessert

My mother often made this lovely fruit-topped cheese-cake. Now our grown sons consider it my "signature dessert". Sometimes, I bake and freeze the cheesecake ahead. On the day I serve it, I thaw it, then add the fruit. -Christine Eilerts Tulsa, Oklahoma

SERVINGS

9

CATEGORY

Dessert

METHOD

Baked

PREP

15 min.

COOK

15 min.

TOTAL

30 min.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • FILLING:
  • 2 packages (one 8 ounces, one 3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling

DIRECTIONS

In small bowl, combine cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Press into a greased 8-in. square baking dish; set aside.
    In a large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla just until blended; pour over crust.
    Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until almost set. Cool for 1 hour on a wire rack. Refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. Spoon pie filling over top. Yield: 9 servings.

Printed from tasteofhome.com Oct 11, 2008

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