Cherry Cheesecake Dessert Recipe

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


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Cherry Cheesecake Dessert

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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

TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 15 min. + chilling

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.


  • Re: Cherry Cheesecake Dessert

    I have made this often. We think it is the best cheesecake and very easy to make.

    lssrls@yahoo.com
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