Dream Cream Cheese Pie Food

CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, eggs, 1 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low speed until smooth. Pour filling into graham cracker crust.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Remove pie from oven. Raise oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a small bowl, blend sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla together. Gently spread mixture over pie.
• Bake for five minutes before serving.

COCONUT-CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Combine wafer crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup coconut; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 min. Cool.
• Microwave cream cheese in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 10 sec. or just until softened; stir until creamy. Beat pudding mixes and 2 cups milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Add half the cream cheese; mix well. Stir in 3/4 cup of the remaining coconut and 1 cup COOL WHIP. Pour into crust.
• Add sugar and remaining milk to remaining cream cheese; mix well. Stir in remaining COOL WHIP; spread over pie. Refrigerate 3 hours. Meanwhile, toast remaining coconut.
• Sprinkle toasted coconut over pie just before serving.

STRAWBERRY CREAM CHEESE DREAM PIE

Steps:

• Blend cream cheese and milk together.
• Spread on bottom of pie crust.
• Cut up 1 cup prepared berries and simmer with 1/2 cup water for a few minutes.
• Mix sugar and cornstarch and lemon juice with 1/4 cup water and add to cooked berries, stirring until thick and clear. Add a few drops food color; Cool.
• Place rest of whole berries on cream cheese and pour mixture over this.
• Chill until ready to serve,at least 30 minutes.
• To serve, this can be topped with Cool Whip, fresh whipping cream with a touch of rum or brandy would be lovely as well -- .

MOM'S CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• For the graham cracker crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, confectioners' sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Press into a 9-inch pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely before filling. Leave the oven on.
• For the cream cheese filling: Put the cream cheese, granulated sugar, vanilla and eggs in a medium bowl and beat with a hand mixer on medium speed until smooth. Pour the filling into the cooled crust and bake until set, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before topping; leave the oven on.
• For the sour cream topping: Combine the sour cream, granulated sugar and vanilla in a small bowl and mix until smooth. Spread onto the pie and bake 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours. Slice and serve.

CREAM CHEESE BROWNIE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Place pie crust in 9-inch glass pie plate as directed on box for One-Crust Filled Pie.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese layer ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
• Reserve chocolate syrup packet from brownie mix for topping. In large bowl, place brownie mix, oil, water and eggs; beat 50 strokes with spoon.
• Spread 1/2 cup brownie mixture in bottom of crust-lined pie plate. Spoon and carefully spread cream cheese mixture over brownie layer. Top with small spoonfuls of remaining brownie mixture; spread evenly. Sprinkle with pecans. Cover crust edge with 2 to 3-inch wide strips of foil to prevent excessive browning; remove foil during last 15 minutes of bake time.
• Bake 40 to 50 minutes or until center is puffed and crust is golden brown (pie may have cracks on surface).
• In small bowl, mix chocolate syrup from packet and hot fudge topping. Place mixture in small resealable bag. Cut small hole off corner of bag. Drizzle topping over pie. Cool completely, about 3 hours, before serving. Cover and refrigerate any remaining pie.
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• Add 3 tablespoons flour to dry brownie mix. Bake as directed above.

CREAM CHEESE PEANUT BUTTER PIE

Steps:

• For crust: Mix all ingredients in 9 inch round pie pan.
• Press mixture firmly into bottom and up sides of pan.
• Freeze while perparing peanut butter filling.
• For filling: Using electric mixture, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, 1/2 cup sugar and melted butter in large bowl.
• Using clean, dry beaters, beat cream with remaining 1/2 cup sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl until peaks form.
• Stir 1/4 of cream into peanut butter mixture, then fold in remaining cream (mixture will be thick).
• Spoon into prepared crust.
• Refrigerate until firm.
• For glaze: Bring cream to boil in a heavy small saucepan.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Add chocolate and stir until melted and smooth.
• Cool glaze slightly; pour over filling.
• Tilt pan, coating top completely.
• Refrigerate at least one hour.

DREAM WHIP PIE

Steps:

• Beat whipped topping mixes, 1 cup of the milk and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on high 6 minutes or until topping thickens and forms peaks.
• Add remaining 1-3/4 cups milk and pudding mixes; beat on low speed until mixed.
• Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• Spoon into pie shell.
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours.
• Garnish as desired.
• Store leftover pie in refrigerator.

PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, using a wire whisk, beat cream cheese, 1 tablespoon of milk, and sugar; beat until smooth.
• Gently fold in half of the Cool Whip.
• Spread onto the bottom of the graham cracker crust.
• Pour remaining milk into another large bowl.
• Add pumpkin, pudding mixes, and spices.
• Beat with a wire whisk for 1 minute or until well blended.
• Spread over cream cheese layer.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until set.
• Garnish with extra Cool Whip if desired.

DECADENT CREAM CHEESE COCONUT PIE

Steps:

• Place powdered sugar, cool whip, cream cheese and extract in mixing bowl and beat until smooth and creamy. Spread in pie shell, covering sides as well as the bottom.
• Beat until well blended and then pour on top of cream cheese layer. Sit aside to firm up.
• Spread coconut on cookie sheet and toast lightly in oven (watch carefully and stir if necessary) - let cool.
• Mix extract into cool whip. Layer over pie filling. Add toasted coconut to top. Refrigerate and enjoy a most decadent dessert.

CREAM-CHEESE PIE CRUST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F if you are baking the pie shell.
• Combine the flour and salt in a mixing bowl and stir with a fork to mix, or put into the food processor.
• Add the shortening and cream cheese, and cut them into the flour until the mixture looks like small pebbles, it will be irregular, and some pieces will be larger than others, or process with"pulses" in a food processor.
• Sprinkle the water evenly over the mixture, a little at a time, stirring with a fork or with"pulses" after each addition to distribute the water evenly.
• Depending on the moisture in the cream cheese, the dough might not need all of the second tablespoon.
• If it feels quite soft (but not sticky), and holds together in a rough ball, it is ready to roll out.
• Shape it into a cake about 1 inch thick.
• Dust your rolling surface and rolling pin with flour, and roll the dough into a circle about 1/2 inch thick and at least 2 inches larger than the inverted pie pan.
• Transfer the dough to the pie pan, trim and crimp the edges, and the pie shell is ready to he filled before baking, or to be partially baked or fully baked.
• To bake the pie shell; Prick the dough all over with a fork at 1/2-inch intervals.
• Press a 12-inch square of heavy-duty foil snugly into the pie shell.
• Bake for 6 minutes, then remove the foil and bake for 4 minutes more if you want a partially baked shell.
• If the dough begins to puff or swell, push it down with the tines of a fork.
• If you want a fully baked shell, bake for 8 to 10 minutes more, or until it is lightly browned.

CREAM CHEESE PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Set oven to 375 degrees.
• In a bowl, beat together the cream cheese, 1 egg 1/2 cup sugar, salt and 1 tsp vanilla, until well blended.
• Spread into unbaked pie crust; sprinkle with chopped pecans.
• In another bowl, beat 3 eggs, corn syrup, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp vanilla until well blended.
• Pour the mixture over the cream cheese and pecans (that is already in the crust).
• Place the pie on the lower rack in oven (Place the pie on a cookie sheet to prevent any spills).
• Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until center is firm.