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Viewed: 23 - Published at: 3 years agoIngredients
- 2 cups flour (all-purpose)
- 1 cup butter, melted and at room temp
- 1 13 cups brown sugar
- 12 cup walnuts, finely chopped
- 8 ounces cream cheese, soften to room temp
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 pint heavy whipping cream
- 4 12 cups fresh cherries, halved (whole if you have a cherry pitter)
- 34 cup white sugar
- 14 cup cornstarch
- 1 cup water
- 12 teaspoon almond extract (the real thing, please)
Method
- Prepare cherries and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Crust: Mix all the crust ingredients together and press inside an 8"x11" baking dish.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- Filling: Whip cream and sugar til just holding peaks then fold in soften cream cheese.
- Don't whip this in as it tends to get liquidy.
- Spread cheese mixture over crust carefully and reffrigerate.
- Topping: Put cherries and sugar into sauce over low heat.
- Whisk cornstarch with water and stir into cherries.
- Raise heat to medium.
- Cook until mixture thickens, stirring regularly.
- Remove from heat and stir in extract.
- Allow to cool, stirring now and then.
- Spread over cheese mixture and chill.
