dessert recipes

Cheese Pineapple Pie


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----PINEAPPLE LAYER----
1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 can (8oz) crushed pineapple
1 with juice
----CREAM CHEESE LAYER----
1 (8oz) cream cheese,
1 softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 9-in unbaked pie shell
1/4 cup chopped pecans

Cheese Pineapple Pie Combine sugar, cornstarch and pineapple plus juice in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is in mixer bowl. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Blend in milk and vanilla. (If mixture looks slightly curdled, don't worry ~ it bakes out.) Spread cooled pineapple layer over bottom of pie shell. Pour cream cheese mixture over pineapple; sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes; reduce heat to 325 and bake for 50 minutes. Cool.