Recipe - Cherry Chewbilees

CRUST
1 cup Walnut pieces; divided
1 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
One half cup Firmly packed brown sugar
One half cup Butter flavor crisco; (r)
One half cup Flake coconut

FILLING
2 pack (8 ounces each) cream
cheese; softened
2/3 cup Granulated sugar
2 Eggs
2 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cn (21 ounces) cherry pie
filling

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 13x9x 2inch pan with BUTTER FLAVOR
CRISCO(r). Set aside. Chop One half cup nuts coarsely for topping. Set aside.
Chop remaining One half cup nuts finely. For crust, combine flour and brown
sugar. Cut in BUTTER FLAVOR CRISCO(r) until fine crumbs form. Add One half cup
finely chopped nuts and coconut. Mix well. Remove One half cup. Set aside. Press
remaining crumbs in bottom of pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 15
minutes, until edges are lightly browned.

For filling, beat cream cheese, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla in small
bowl at medium speed of electric mixer until smooth. Spread over hot baked
crust. Return to oven. Bake 15 minutes longer or until set. Spread cherry
pie filling over cheese layer. Combine reserved coarsely chopped nuts and
reserved crumbs. Sprinkle evenly over cherries. Return to oven. Bake 15
minutes longer. Chill. Refrigerate several hours. Cut into bars, about 2x
1One half inches.

Preparation time: 15 minutes Bake time: 45 minutes

Recipe by: Treasury of Christmas Recipes (1991)

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #937 by "Eugene Johnston"
ejohnston@mailexcite.com on Nov 30, 1997