Lattice Cherry Cheesecake

Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 packet cookie mix, cookie mix should be refrigerated sugar cookie dough from the dairy
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 3 large eggs
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Recipe

• 1 freeze cookie dough 1 hour.
• 2 slice into 1/8-inch slices.
• 3 arrange slices, slightly overlapping, on bottom and sides of greased 9-inch springform pan.
• 4 with floured fingers, seal edges to form crust.
• 5 combine cream cheese, sour cream, sugar and extract, mixing at medium speed on electric mixer, until well blended.
• 6 add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 7 reserve 1/4 cup batter and chill.
• 8 pour remaining batter over crust.
• 9 bake at 350 degrees f., 1 hour and 10 minutes increase oven temperature to 450 degrees f.
• 10 spoon pie filling over cheese- cake.
• 11 spoon reserved batter over pie filling forming a lattice design.
• 12 bake at 450 degrees f., 10 minutes.
• 13 loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
• 14 variation:
• 15 substitute 13 x 9-inch baking pan for 9-inch springform pan.
• 16 prepare as directed except for baking.
• 17 bake at 350 degrees f., 40 minutes.
• 18 increase oven temperature to 450 degrees f.
• 19 continue as directed.