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Cherry Cheesecake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
½ cup butter, melted (soft, not liquid)
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
⅓ cup sugar
2 (8 oz) packages cream cheese
14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
3 eggs
¼ cup lemon juice
1 can cherry pie filling (or any flavor of choice)
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300º

Combine butter, crumbs & sugar; pat firmly on bottom of a 9" springform pan, about ⅔ of the way up the sides.

In a large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy (it will look fluffy). Add milk and beat until smooth. Add eggs and lemon juice; mix well.

Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50 - 55 minutes.

Cool to room temperature. Chill for about 6 hours, you can garnish with the pie filling before or after chilling.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe was given to me by Lisa Studebaker (Ohio). She brought this over to us after you were born (March '99), we had prepared meals/desserts for almost 2 months. I have been making it ever since!

 

 

 

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