Cherry Chewbilees
Ingredients
- 1¼ cups flour
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup butter-flavored shortening
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- ½ cup flaked coconut
- 2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
- ²⁄3 cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 (21 oz.) cans cherry pie filling
Directions
Heat oven to 350°. Combine flour and brown sugar; cut in shortening until fine crumbs form. Stir in nuts and coconut. Reserve ½ cup crumb mixture for topping. Press remaining mixture into the bottom of a greased 9x13-inch pan. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Spread over crust. Spread pie filling on top. Sprinkle with reserved crumbs; sprinkle additional chopped walnuts on top, if desired. Bake for 15 minutes more. Cool. Refrigerate before serving. Yields 20 servings.