Cherry Cheese Cake By Kum_icook

Cherry Cheese Cake
Ingredients
• 1 1/2 cup cracker crumbs
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter melted
• 1 cup fresh cherries pitted and roughly chopped
• 1 cup cream cheese softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup cool whip thawed in the fridge
• fresh cherries for garnish
Instructions
• In a medium bowl, combine cracker crumbs and the melted butter. Mix until the butter is evenly distributed over the crumbs.
• Press this mixture into an even layer on the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. I like to use the bottom of a flat glass to press them down well.
• Take 1 cup of chopped cherries and set them aside. Place the remaining cherries into a blender or food processor and pulse until smooth.
• Put the blended cherries in a fine mash colander and scrape it along the bottom with a spoon until you get as much juice as you can out of them. Discard whatever is leftover in the colander.
• Place the softened cream cheese, sugar and whip in a large bowl and whip it until smooth with an electric hand mixer.
• Mix the juice with the cream cheese mixture with a whisk by hand, NOT with the handheld mixer, or else you will have a red cherry juice. When this is combined, fold in the chopped cherries and cool whip. Mix thoroughly.
• Pour the cream cheese filling over the graham cracker crust and smooth it out on top as evenly as possible.
• Cover with plastic wrap and place in the freezer until it is frozen. At least 6 hours but best if you can freeze overnight.
• Let it sit at room temperature for about 10 minutes before slicing. Garnish with whipped cream, more cool whip, and fresh cherries if desired.
• Fresh cherries for garnish
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