A Southern July 4th Tradition! Mother's Cherry Cheesecake Pie {Granny's Recipe}

All my growing up years, I remember my Mother making this Cherry Cheesecake Pie in the summer around the July 4th depending on what day it fell on closest to the weekend.  She always would have to make two of them so there would be enough to go around.  

July 4th always meant barbecue chicken, potato salad, baked beans and corn of some sort was going to be on the menu.  July is when the corn is ready to pick, and many a July 4th we were shucking corn and putting them in the freezer. Right now, memories are flooding in how we spent our July 4th! Oh, how I loved those days!  

This pie was introduced in the 1950's when two products, Philadelphia Cream Cheese and Eagle Brand Milk, came together, to create a pie known then as the "Cherry-O Cheese Pie".  Over the years, the name has changed from No-Bake Cherry Cheesecake Pie, Cherry Cream Cheese Pie, and what I know it as today, Cherry Cheesecake Pie.  One thing hasn't changed, and that is the ingredients--graham crust, cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice, vanilla, and cherry pie filling.

This pie is unbelievably easy and quick to make requiring only to be set in the refrigerator to set up---yes, no baking.  Enjoy!

Have a Fun and Safe July 4th!

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The Road Home

A Delicious Dessert for July 4th! Easy Strawberry Dessert Pizza

I have been admiring a Strawberry Dessert Pizza recipe over at Mommy's Kitchen for some time now.  She has a lengthy recipe index of yummy quick and easy desserts that look absolutely delicious.  You need to stop by and check them out.

I finally got around to making it this past Memorial Day weekend for my grandsons.  They enjoyed it so much so that I went to the grocery store and bought enough ingredients to make another one.

I didn't have my usual pizza pan to make the Easy Strawberry Dessert Pizza in, so I decided to use my cast iron round griddle.  

Like Tina, I started off with a package of refrigerated cookie dough for the crust.  After the cookie crust baked and was cooling, I made the first layer to the pizza out of a rich creamy mixture of cream cheese and marshmallow cream.  The next layer is a ready made strawberry glaze I purchased at the store, and then I topped the pizza with fresh strawberries.  All of this took less than no time to make, not to mention how fabulous it tasted!

Strawberries are the star in this dessert and the marshmallow cream just sends it over the top!  Enjoy your 4th of July and stay safe! Deliciousness!!  

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