Easy cherry cheese dessert

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupButter
2cupsFlour
½cupPecans
½cupSugar
8ouncesCream Cheese; softened
2cupsPowdered Sugar
1Container; (Large) Cool Whip
6tablespoonsMilk
1teaspoonVanilla
2cansCherry Pie Filling

Directions

CRUST

FILLING

Soften butter (do not melt). Mix flour, pecans and sugar together and add butter. Mix until crumbly. Press mixture into a 9"x13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees until light golden brown, approximately 12 to 15 minutes. Cool in pan. Add filling after crust is completely cooled, 20 to 25 minutes.

FILLING: Cream together cream cheese, sugar, milk and vanilla. Fold Cool Whip into cheese mixture. Spread mixture over cooled crust ann top off with cherry filling. Refrigerate unused portions. This makes 1 (9"x13") or 2 (8") round pans.

Recipe by: Key Gourmet

Posted to recipelu-digest by James and Susan Kirkland <kirkland@...> on Feb 24, 1998