Pineapple Cheesecake Squares

Total Time: 5 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2/3 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup toasted and finely chopped almonds (food processor)
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 (8 ounce) packages fat free cream cheese or 2 (8 ounce) packages low-fat cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cup pineapple juice
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, well drained (reserve 1 cup of juice from can)
• 1/2 cup low-fat whipping cream

Recipe

• 1 for the crust:.
• 2 heat oven to 350.
• 3 mix all crust ingredients with a fork and press into 9x13" pan.
• 4 bake 15 to 20 minutes or until set.
• 5 for the filling:.
• 6 in a bowl beat cream cheese until smooth and fluffy.
• 7 beat in 1/2 cup sugar and the eggs.
• 8 stir in 2/3 pineapple juice.
• 9 pour over hot crust and bake about 20 minutes or until middle is set.
• 10 cool completely.
• 11 in a saucepan mix flour and 1/4 cup sugar,stir in the reserved pineapple juice.
• 12 heat to a boil over medium heat, stir for 1 minute.
• 13 remove from heat and fold in pineapple.
• 14 cool completely.
• 15 beat whipping cream in a chilled bowl until stiff.
• 16 fold in the cooled pineapple mixture.
• 17 spread carefully over top of cream cheese and crust.
• 18 cover and chill for 4 hours.
• 19 cut into squares.