Jul 31 2008
Easy Cheesecake Fruit Pie
Easy Cheesecake Fruit Pie
Ingredients
1 prepared and cooked 9 inch pie crust (crumb or traditional)
1 - 21 oz can fruit pie filling (your choice)
1 container Kool Whip
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 - 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
Directions
Pour the pie filling into the crust.
In a bowl combine the Kool Whip, sugar, vanilla extract and cream cheese. Blend well with a mixer. Spoon over the top of the pie and refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.
Crumb Pie Crust
Ingredients
1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
1/3 cup sugar
6 tablespoons butter, melted
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a mixing bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter, mix well. Press into the bottom of a 9 inch pie pan. Place pie pan in preheated 375 degree oven and bake for 7 minutes. Cool before filling.
Variations: Use any crumbled cookie such as shortbread, chocolate chip, ginger snaps, etc. (gingersnaps with a teaspoon of cinnamon are especially good with apple pie filling).
