Creamy Cheese Cake Pie (Easy but delicious )

Creamy Cheese Cake Pie   

Beat 3 egg whites until peaked and set aside

Combine and beat 2- 8 oz. packages of room temperature cream cheese with 3 egg yolks

Add:
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp lemon juice
3/4 c. sugar

Gently fold in beaten egg whites to above mixture 

 

Place in a graham cracker crust
 Bake at 350 for 25 min.

Take pie out of oven...very gently spread topping over the pie and bake for 5 minutes more


Topping:
3/4 C sour cream

3 1/2 Tablespoon sugar

1 tsp. vanilla 

Crust

 

14 graham crackers crushed (I put mine in zip lock bag and crush

 with a rolling pin) or buy crushed graham cracker.

¼ c sugar

¼ soft butter

Mix it all together in a zip lock or with your hands and spread in pie pan

Options:

1. top with cherry pie filling

2. Use a chocolate graham cracker crust and twirl chocolate syrup over the top when served

2. You could also cover the base of the graham cracker crust with chocolate before adding cream cheese mixture.

Candy Cookies (No Bake)

2 c sugar
4 tsp. cocoa
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. margarine

1. bring all of above to a full boil in saucepan
2. remove from heat

Add:
1-1/2 c. oatmeal (do not use instant)
3/4 c peanut butter (chunky is a great option)
1 tsp. vanilla
pinch of salt (yes...I said pinch-about as much as you can pinch between two fingers)

Drop by spoonfuls on wax paper

Note: Although my kids love these cookies they have nick named them "Ugly Cookies."
I sometimes have problems with these cookies hardening on a rainy day, the solution is simple...don't make them on a rainy day :-)

Strawberries or Cherries in the Snow

2 envelopes of Dream Whip
1 c. cold milk
1 tsp. vanilla
18 oz. cream cheese
1 c. powdered sugar
2 cans of dark pitted sweet cherries drained
or
1 quart large strawberries sliced
2 angel food cakes cut in thin slices

1. Mix Dream Whip with milk and vanilla according to package.
2. Soften cream cheese and gradually add powdered sugar and Dream Whip.
3. Beat until smooth
4. Spread thin layer of mixture over bottom of pan.
5. Alternate layers beginning with cake and ending with the whipped mixture. Two or three layers is sufficient.
6. Top with cherries or strawberries

Note: This is a fantastic no bake recipe (buy the cake pre-made in any grocery store)
When copying this recipe over to this blog I had a difficult time reading the words because the recipe card is peeled, faded and tearing.
This has been a New Years Day traditional desert in my family. I have in fact only ever given this recipe to one very good friend.

Monkey Bread

Ingredients:
4 cans refrigerated biscuits
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 -1/2 sticks butter (3/4 cup)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins (these are optional, it's great with or without them)


Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease a 9-10 inch tube pan.
2. Mix white sugar and cinnamon in a medium sized plastic bag. Cut the biscuits into halves or quarters and place six to eight biscuit pieces in the sugar cinnamon mix. Shake well.
3. Arrange pieces in the bottom of the greased pan. Continue layering until all the biscuit pieces are coated and in the pan. If you are using raisins, place them among the biscuit pieces as you are layering.
4. In a small saucepan, melt the butter with the brown sugar over medium heat. Boil for 1 minute. Pour over the layered biscuits.
5. Bake for 35 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a plate. Pull apart and enjoy!

Icing: Ingredients:
1/2 pound cream cheese
1/2 pound butter
1 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice


Directions:
1. Allow cream cheese and butter to get to room temperature.
2. Beat butter and cream cheese together in a large bowl with a mixer.
3. Slowly add in the pound of powdered sugar.
4. After all the powdered sugar is added mix for 12 minutes (do not mix less than that).
5. When almost done, add in the extract and lemon juice.

Pumpkin Pie- (My grandmas recipe)

2 eggs slightly beaten
¾ C. sugar
½ tsp. salt
1tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. ginger
¼ tsp. clove
½ tsp. nutmeg
Mix together and then add:
1- 2/3 C. milk
1-3/4 C. or ½ of large can of pumpkin

Bake 15 min at 450…then turn down to 325 and bake 30-45 min. more.
Pie is done when knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Pumpkin Pie (recipe for three pies)

6 eggs
2-1/4 c. sugar
1-1/12 tsp. salt
3 tsp. cinnamon
1-1/2 tsp ginger
3/4 tsp. clove
1-1/2 tsp. nutmeg
5 c. milk
5-1/4 c. pumpkin

Note: A homemade crust can be great but if you're not so inclined, do yourself and your guests a favor and buy a good pre-made crust.