Want to bring a new recipe to your family festivities this upcoming Labor Day weekend? Try our Cherry Dream—a pan dessert with a buttery pecan crust, cream cheese layers, and a sweet cherry topping. Grab the full recipe below.
- 1 stick salted butter melted
- 1 ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
- 2 8oz packages softened cream cheese
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 8oz containers whipped topping
- 2 (21oz) cans pie filling cherry (or whatever flavor you like)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix melted butter, flour and pecans.
- Press mixture firmly and evenly into the bottom of a 13 X 9 inch pan
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool completely.
- Mix softened cream cheese and sugar together with a mixer until smooth, fold in 1 container of whipped topping. Spread mixture evenly over cooled crust.
- Spread both cans of pie filling (saving one good spoonful to the side) evenly over the cream cheese layer. Top with the remaining container of whipped topping. Add the dollop of saved pie filling to the center of the dessert for garnish.
- Cover and refrigerate.