Melba Cheesecake Pie

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 (16 ounce) can peach halves in syrup, drained
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/3 cup raspberry jam, preferably seedless
• 1 teaspoon amaretto liqueur

Recipe

• 1 make crust first.
• 2 microwave butter in 9-inch glass pie plate 1/2-1 minute on high, or until melted.
• 3 mix in crumbs and 2 tbsp sugar; press onto bottom and up sides of pie plate.
• 4 microwave on high 1-1/2- 2 minutes or until hot.
• 5 next, make filling.
• 6 thoroughly drain peaches; arrange on crust.
• 7 microwave cream cheese in glass mixing bowl 1 minute on medium or until soft.
• 8 blend in remaining ingredients except jam and amaretto; pour over peaches.
• 9 microwave on high 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 minutes or until edges are set; rotate once if your microwave does not have a turntable; let cool.
• 10 stir liqueur into jam; spoon onto pie and spread to cover.
• 11 refrigerate until served.
• 12 you can make this in a conventional oven; mostly follow above directions but do the following instead of the above.
• 13 for crust, melt butter in saucepan; remove from heat; add crumbs and sugar; press into pan.
• 14 assemble as directed using softened cream cheese.
• 15 bake at 350f degrees 15-20 minutes.