Pineapple Cheesecake Squares Recipe
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Ingredients: Pat in the Pan Crust:
2 cups all purpose flour
2/3 cup margarine or butter, softened
1/2 cup almonds, finely chopped and toasted
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Cheesecake Filling:
2 pkgs 8 oz each cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2/3 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 can 20 oz crushed pineapple, well drained (reserve 1 cup juice)
1/2 cup whipping cream
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Directions:Heat oven to 350º. Mix all crust ingredients in medium bowl with a fork until crumbly. Press firmly and evenly in bottom of an ungreased 13x9 pan. Bake until set, 15 to 20 minutes. While crust is baking, beat cream cheese in medium bowl until smooth and fluffy; beat in 1/2 cup sugar and the eggs. Stir in 2/3 cup pineapple juice. Pour cream cheese mixture over hot crust. Bake just until center is set, about 20 minutes. Cool completely. Mix flour and 1/4 cup sugar in 2 quart saucepan. Stir in 1 cup reserved pineapple juice. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; fold in pineapple. Cool completely. Beat whipping cream in chilled bowl until stiff. Fold into pineapple mixture. Spread carefully over dessert. Cover loosely and refrigerate until firm, about 4 hours. Cut into 3 in.squares. |
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Notes: This was a favorite of Aunt Marlene's to make that we all loved for its light texture and shortbread like crust. Such an amazingly talented woman taken from this life much too soon and still remembered and missed so many years later.
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