Ingredients
1 pk (20 oz) Cookie Mix *
16 oz Cream Cheese, Softened
1 c Sour Cream
3/4 c Sugar
1/4 ts Almond Extract
3 ea Large Eggs
21 oz (1 cn) Cherry Pie Filling
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* Cookie mix should be refrigerated Sugar Cookie
dough from the dairy
Freeze cookie dough 1 hour. Slice into 1/8-inch slices. Arrange
slices,
slightly overlapping, on bottom and sides of greased 9-inch springform
pan.
With floured fingers, seal edges to form crust. Combine cream
cheese, sour
cream, sugar and extract, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer,
until
well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each
addition.
Reserve 1/4 cup batter and chill. Pour remaining batter over crust.
Bake
at 350 degrees F., 1 hour and 10 minutes Increase oven temperature
to 450
degrees F. Spoon pie filling over cheese- cake. Spoon reserved
batter over
pie filling forming a lattice design. Bake at 450 degrees F.,
10 minutes.
Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
VARIATION:
Substitute 13 x 9-inch baking pan for 9-inch springform pan. Prepare
as
directed except for baking. Bake at 350 degrees F., 40 minutes.
Increase
oven temperature to 450 degrees F. Continue as directed.
Serves 10
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