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Recipe for "cherrycheese-1"

NAME

     CHERRYCHEESE-1 - A simple cherry cream cheese pie
     My wife makes this for me periodically,  and  it  is  always
     delicious.   No  baking  is required, and it is very easy to
     make.

INGREDIENTS (Makes one pie)

     1         graham cracker pie shell
     250 g     cream cheese
     125 ml    sour cream
     60 g      granulated sugar
     2.5 ml    vanilla (or to taste)
     120 g     whipped cream
     400 g     cherry pie filling (1 can)

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Cream together the cheese and sour cream.
          (2)  Fold in sugar gradually.
          (3)  Add vanilla and mix well.
          (4)  Fold in whipped cream.
          (5)  Pour into pie shell  and  chill  for  at  least  3
               hours.
          (6)  Pour excess syrup from the can of cherry pie  fil-
               ling.   Leave  some,  but you certainly don't need
               all of it. The sauce should cover the cream cheese
               mix, but the cherries shouldn't be drowning in it.
          (7)  Pour pie filling on top.  Serve cold.

NOTES

     If you don't have the time to sit around for 3 hours waiting
     for  the  pie  to  chill,  make the cream cheese filling the
     night before and let the pie chill overnight.
     We prefer to use non-dairy  whipped  cream  substitute.   We
     usually  use  the  same  brand  name  ingredients  for  best
     results:   Philadelphia  cream  cheese,  Breakstone's   sour
     cream, Cool-whip, and Comstock cherry pie filling.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time: 20  minutes  preparation,  3  hours
     chilling.  Precision: approximate measurement OK, especially
     with the vanilla.

CONTRIBUTOR

     William LeFebvre
     Department of Computer Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
     phil@Rice.edu