Ingredients for - Cherry Cream Cheese Pie
How to cook deliciously - Cherry Cream Cheese Pie
1. Stage
Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Add the butter; stir until combined. Use your fingertips to evenly press the mixture across the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from the oven, but do not turn oven off. Pour the cherry pie filling into the crust.
2. Stage
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to ensure all the cream cheese is worked in.
3. Stage
Carefully spread the cream cheese mixture around the outside the edges of pie, leaving a 3-inch circle of cherries exposed in the center. Editor's Tip: An offset spatula can help in smoothly spreading the cream cheese layer. It also helps with serving slices of pie without making a mess. To make a neat inner cherry circle, place a heatproof biscuit cutter or other ring in the center of the cherry filling, and spread the cheese layer around it. Let the pie bake for the first few minutes with the ring in place if necessary to hold the shape.
4. Stage
Return the pie to the oven, and bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until the edges begin to brown. Cool completely on a wire rack.
5. Stage
Set the cooled pie in a pie keeper, or loosely cover it with aluminum foil. Refrigerate for several hours before serving.
