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A Simple Cheesecake Anyone Can Make

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Every family has one go-to recipe dessert for family gatherings, potlucks, and picnics. For my family, it was the “Cherry Cheesecake Dessert.” Buttered down graham crackers placed in a 9×13 pan, covered with cream cheese and sugar mixture. Baked, cooled, and then topped with a can of Thank You Brand cherries and finished off with a container of Cool Whip!

Last count, I found the Cherry Cheesecake dessert recipe written on over 20+ recipe cards scattered among all the family recipes cards that I inherited. Why my mother, grandmother and aunts needed the recipe in triplicate plus I cannot explain. As many times as the dessert cropped up at family events, they should have had it imbedded into their memory. But alas, as I was looking for my next vintage recipe to share, there in my recipe box just waiting for me to find, behind the nut roll and the clothespin cookie recipes was my own handwritten recipe for the Cherry Cheesecake dessert. Three stars placed on top. Worn and stained from use.

Such a simple dessert, yet it floods so many memories for me of all the family gatherings. Memories of those who will never pass my way in this world again. Times seemed so simple then.

Enough of memory lane.

A Simple Cheesecake Anyone Can Make

Author: Lehman's

Ingredients

20 crushed graham crackers
1/4 c. melted butter.
1 – 8oz. cream cheese (softened)
1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Toppings
1 – Can of Thank You Brand Cherries
1 – 12 oz. Cool Whip Topping

Directions

Preheat oven – 350 deg.
Add the melted butter to the graham crackers. Place it in the bottom of the 9×13 dish. Pat down. Set it aside.
Beat cream cheese and sugar together. Beat in eggs and vanilla until blended.
Pour over graham crackers and bake for 20 minutes or until top bounces back. Cool.
Top with the can of cherries and then add the whipped topping. Refrigerate for 2–3 hours. Serve.