Dessert Recipes - Creamy Cheese Pie Recipe

Ingredients                

• 3 cups Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal, crushed to measure 1 1/2 cups

• 1/4 cup sugar

• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

• 1/2 cup margarine or butter, melted

• 4 3-oz packages cream cheese, softened

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla flavoring

• 1/3 cup sugar

• 1 tsp lemon juice

• one 8-oz carton (1 cup) dairy sour cream

• 2 Tbs sugar

• one l-lb, 5-oz. can cherry pie filling

• 1 tsp lemon juice

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Method:

1. Combine crushed Rice Krispies Cereal, 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon with the margarine. Press firmly in 9-inch pie pan to form crust. Set aside.

2. In large mixing bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add eggs, vanilla, 1/3 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon lemon juice, mixing until well combined. Pour mixture into crust.

3. Bake in oven at 375°F about 20 minutes, or until set. While pie is baking, stir together sour cream and 2 Tbs sugar.

4. Remove pie from oven. Spread sour cream mixture over top. Return to oven. Bake 5 minutes longer. Remove from oven. Cool.

5. Stir together pie filling and the remaining 1 tsp lemon juice. Spread over top of cooled pie. Chill.