Cheesy Fruit Pie

10 ingredients
16 steps

Ingredients

  • 12 cup butter
  • 1 12 cups crushed maria cookies (about 30 cookies) or 1 12 cups vanilla wafers (about 45 wafers)
  • 1 (7 g) envelope unflavored gelatin
  • 13 cup fresh lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
  • 1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
  • 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened, cut in cubes
  • 1 (15 1/4 ounce) cansliced peaches, drained
  • 12 cup maraschino cherry, blotted dry
  • 1 (3 ounce) package pineapple gelatin mix

Directions

  1. 1
    PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. 2
    MELT butter in small saucepan.
  3. 3
    Stir in cookie crumbs until well blended.
  4. 4
    Press crumbs onto bottom of ungreased 9-inch springform pan.
  5. 5
    Bake for 10 minutes.
  6. 6
    DISSOLVE unflavored gelatin in lemon juice in small bowl.
  7. 7
    Place evaporated and condensed milks, cream cheese and dissolved gelatin in blender; blend until smooth.
  8. 8
    Pour mixture over crust; refrigerate for 1 hour.
  9. 9
    ARRANGE peaches and cherries on chilled pie.
  10. 10
    Prepare pineapple gelatin as directed on package.
  11. 11
    To prevent fruit from floating, pour about 1/4 inch of gelatin over arranged fruit.
  12. 12
    Refrigerate until slightly set, but not firm.
  13. 13
    Pour remaining gelatin over the fruit.
  14. 14
    Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (though several hours are recommended) or until completely firm.
  15. 15
    TO SERVE: Dip a butter knife in warm water and run around edge to loosen.
  16. 16
    Remove side of pan.

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