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Cherry Delight

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dessert, Baked

Tags: baking, recipes for cheesecake, recipes for dessert, recipes using cherry, recipes using cream cheese, recipes using crumb crust, recipes using graham cracker, recipes using powdered sugar, recipes using whipped cream, recipes without cooking time, recipes without servings, very easy

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ACherry_Delight)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ACherry%20Delight&oldid=4587372

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

Crust

  • 2 packages graham crackers, crushed to fine crumbs
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • ¾ cup melted margarine

Cheesecake mixture

  • 1 large package of cream cheese
  • 1½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 packages whipped cream or Dream Whip (frozen non-dairy topping)
  • 1 can cherry pie filling

Directions

  1. Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted margarine. Press this mixture into a large pyrex pie dish to make a crust.
  2. Bake crust for 8 minutes at 325°F (160°C). Let cool completely.
  3. Beat cream cheese and powdered sugar together.
  4. Prepare the whipped topping according to directions (if necessary).
  5. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. Place this mixture into the cooled crust, and smooth the top.
  6. Top with cherry pie filling.