Lemon Cream Cheese Pie

This lemon cream cheese pie is another of my favorite recipes. In my "younger days" I was known to eat a whole lemon cheese pie all by myself! Yes it's that good. The picture shows the same pie pan that my Mom has used since I was a child.

• 3/4 stick of salted butter
• 1 1/2 packages of Cinnamon Crisps
• 8 ounce package of cream cheese
• 1 3/4 cup of milk
• Small package of Jello Instant Lemon Pudding
• Optional Items: Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries.

Instructions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees
2. Melt butter in pie pan in the oven
3. Crush the cinnamon crisps
4. Mix cinnamon crisps and melted butter together in the pie pan.  Remove a small amount of the cinnamon crisp mixture to be used later as a garnish for the top of the pie.  Form the rest of the mixture into a pie crust.
5. Bake crust for 3-4 minutes to "set" crust.  Set aside, or in refrigerator to completely cool.
6. ****Optional step**** Line the bottom of the cooled pie crust with your choice of the sliced berries
7. In mixing bowl, whip together 1 3/4 Cup of milk and the room temperature cream cheese
8. Add small box of instant lemon pudding, and blend for 2 minutes
9. Pour filling mixture into pie crust, garnish with leftover Cinnamon Crisps.
10. ****Optional**** Garnish the top of the pie with sliced berries of your choice
11. Put completed pie in refrigerator until firm.

I hope you really enjoy this pie as much as I do.

Best Regards,
Steve DiFranco