Cherry Cheese Bars
Ingredients
Crust:
1 cup walnut pieces
1¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup brown sugar, packed
½ cup crisco butter
½ cup flake coconut
Filling
2 (8oz) pkg. Cream cheese soft
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. Vanilla
1 (21 oz) can cherry pie filling
Directions
Preheat oven to 350. grease 13x9x2 pan. Chop ½ cup nuts coarsely for topping, set aside. Chop remaining ½ cup nut finely. Combine flour and
brown sugar. Cut in Crisco butter until fine crumbs form. Add ½ cup finely crushed nuts and coconut flakes. Mix well. Remove ½ cup and set aside. Press remaining crumbs in bottom of pan. Bake 12 -15 minutes until edges are light brown.
Filling: Beat cream cheese, eggs, sugar and vanilla. (electric mixer on medium) until smooth. Spread filling over hot baked crust. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes longer. Remove from oven and spread cherry pie filling over cheese layer. Sprinkle with nut crumbs you had set aside. Return to oven another 15 minutes. Remove and cool. Refrigerate 1 – 2 hours and cut
into bars.
Yummy Yummy!