Pappy and Granny Carr
For the
holidays... Cherry Nut Cream Cheese
Pie!
This is Granny
Carr's recipe... she was my
great-great-grandmother!
Cherry Nut Cream Cheese Pie
Ingredients
for crust...
2 cups of self rising flour
2 sticks butter
½ c. of sugar
½ c. of chopped pecans
Melt butter. Mix with flour, nuts, and sugar. Press in 9 X 13 Baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for about 15 minutes or until light brown. Cool.
Ingredients
for filling...
8 oz. box Philadelphia Cream
Cheese
1 box powdered sugar
Two envelopes dream whip
1 can cherry pie filling (or
other pie filling)
Bring 8 oz. box of Philadelphia cream cheese to room temperature then blend. Add a box of powdered sugar. Beat two envelopes of dream whip and fold into powdered sugar mixture. Spread on crust. Refrigerate. Then top with cherry pie filling.
Ok, so I'll admit... I've never made this. But it's one of Granny Carr's recipes... and she would be related to me... therefore... it must be amazing. Happy Holidays!