Pineapple cheese torte
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| -Pat-In-The-Pan Crust: | ||
| 1 | cup | All-purpose flour |
| 1¼ | cup | Confectioners' sugar |
| ¼ | cup | Finely chopped almonds |
| ⅓ | cup | Butter or margarine, softened Filling: |
| 2 | packs | (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| ⅔ | cup | Unsweetened pineapple juice Pineapple Topping: |
| ¼ | cup | All-purpose flour |
| ¼ | cup | Sugar |
| 1 | can | (20 ounces) crushed pineapple, juice drained and reserved |
| ½ | cup | Whipping cream Fresh strawberries, optional |
Directions
Combine crust ingredients; pat into the bottom of a 12-in. x 8-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Bake at 350! for 20 minutes. Beat cream cheese in a mixing bowl until fluffy; beat in sugar and eggs. Stir in juice.
Pour filling over hot crust. Bake at 350! for 20 minutes or until center is set. Cool. For topping, combine flour and sugar in a saucepan. Stir in 1 cup of reserved pineapple juice. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; fold pineapple. Cool. Whip cream until stiff peaks form; fold into topping. Spread carefully over dessert. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight. Garnish with strawberries if desired.
Yield: 12-16 servings.
From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994