Holiday cherry dessert

36 bars

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Walnuts; divided
1¼ cup Flour
½ cup Brown sugar
½ cup Crisco, butter flavor
½ cup Coconut
2 packs Cream cheese; 8 oz, soft
⅔ cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
21 ounces Cherry pie filling

Directions

CRUST

FILLING

Heat oven to 350. Grease 13 x 9 baking pan with butter flavor crisco. Chop ½ cup nuts coarsely. Chop remaining ½ cup finely.

For crust, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter flavor crisco until fine crumbs form. Add ½ cup finely chopped nuts and coconut. Mix well. Remove ½ cup. Set aside. Press remaining crumbs in bottom of pan. Bake at 350 for 12 to 15 minutes, until edges are lightly browned. For filling, beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla in small bowl at medium speed until smooth. Spread over hot baked crust. Return to oven. Bake 15 minutes longer. Spread cherry pie filling over cheese layer. Combine coarsely chopped nuts and reserved crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over cherries. Return to oven. Bake 15 minutes longer. Cool. Refrigerate several hours. Source: Crisco ad Submitted By MEG ANTCZAK On 06-04-95

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