Cherry chewbilees
20 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¼ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ½ | cup | Packed brown sugar |
| ½ | cup | Shortening -- |
| 2 | packs | Cream cheese -- softened 8 |
| Oz | ||
| ⅔ | cup | Sugar |
| Butter-flavoring | ||
| 1 | cup | Walnuts -- divided chopped |
| ½ | cup | Coconut flakes |
| 2 | eaches | Eggs |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla extract |
| 2 | cans | Cherry pie filling -- 21 oz |
Directions
CRUST
FILLING
In a bowl, combine flour and brown sugar; cut in shortening until fine crumbs form. stir in ½ cup nuts and coconut. Reserve ½ cup crumb mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture into the bottom of a greased 13x9x2 inch baking powder. Bake at 350 deg. for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, for filling, beat cream cheese,sugar, eggs and vanilla in a mixing bowl until smooth. Spread pie filling on top. Combine remaining nuts and reserved crumbs; sprinkle over cherries. Bake 15 min. more. Cool. Refrigerate until servings. Yield: 20 servings.
Recipe By : Country Woman