Cherry Cheese Squares

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 50
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup crisco
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 small cake yeast
• 1/4 cup warm milk
• 2 (20 ounce) cans cherry pie filling
• 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 whole eggs
• 1 1/2 pints sour cream
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 for the dough crust:.
• 2 cut shortening into the flour, sugar and salt as you would do so in making pie crust.
• 3 crumble yeast into warm milk and stir till dissolved.
• 4 add the egg, vanilla and yeast mixture to the flour mix and form into a ball.
• 5 roll dough to fit a large, deep 12"x18"x2".
• 6 baking pan.
• 7 spread over this 2 cans cherry pie filling.
• 8 for the cheesecake layer:.
• 9 stir the cream cheese and sugar until creamy.
• 10 add vanilla and one egg at a time, beating well after each egg is added.
• 11 beat until fluffy.
• 12 pour this mixture carefully over the cherries.
• 13 bake in 350 degree f. oven for about 1 hour.
• 14 while this is baking, prepare topping:.
• 15 mix sour cream with sugar and vanilla to blend.
• 16 when cheese cake is baked, remove from oven and spread sour cream mixture over top and bake for 5 minutes more.
• 17 cool, then chill for a few hours.
• 18 cut into small 2" squares to serve.
• 19 note- if you don't have this large baking pan you can divide dough to fit into a 9"x13"x2" pan plus a 9"x9"x2" pan.