Cherry Cheesecake Delight

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups snackwell's cinnamon snacks, crushed
• 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 21 fluid ounces canned cherry pie filling
• 1 1/2 cups non-dairy whipped topping
• 3 tablespoons grape-nuts cereal

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f degrees.
• 2 crush snackwells cinnamon snacks and add to a mixing bowl.
• 3 add sugar and mix well.
• 4 add butter and using a pastry blender or a fork, blend butter until incorporated with the snacks.
• 5 prepare a 9" x 13" oven-proof casserole dish by spraying with a vegetable spray or rub inside with some butter to coat.
• 6 press the crushed mixture onto the bottom of the casserole dish.
• 7 in a large mixing bowl, add cream cheese, sugar, eggs, lemon juice, vanilla extract and flour and using an electric mixer, beat until smooth.
• 8 pour mixture over the cracker base crust.
• 9 bake in preheated 350 f oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
• 10 to test for doneness, insert a knife or large toothpick in center and if it comes out clean, then the filling is set and cooked.
• 11 remove from oven and let cool.
• 12 spread cherry pie filling over top.
• 13 spread whipped topping over cherries.
• 14 sprinkle grape-nuts cereal on top.
• 15 chill for 1/2 hour before serving.