Family Cheese Pie Recipes

CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Combine cream cheese, eggs, 1 cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer. Mix on low speed until smooth. Pour filling into graham cracker crust.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes. Remove pie from oven. Raise oven temperature to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• In a small bowl, blend sour cream, 2 tablespoons sugar, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla together. Gently spread mixture over pie.
• Bake for five minutes before serving.

MOM'S CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Separate one egg. In a small bowl, lightly beat egg white; set aside. In another small bowl, combine egg and egg yolk; set aside., On a lightly floured surface, unroll pastry; cut in half. Roll out one half of pastry into an 8-in. circle. Transfer to a 7-in. pie plate; trim pastry even with edge. Brush with egg white; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon., In a large bowl, combine the cheeses, confectioners' sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, salt and egg mixture. Pour into prepared pastry., Roll out remaining pastry to fit top of pie. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edges. Cut slits in pastry. Brush remaining egg white over pastry; sprinkle with remaining cinnamon., Bake at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Refrigerate leftovers.

COCONUT-CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Combine wafer crumbs, butter and 1/4 cup coconut; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 min. Cool.
• Microwave cream cheese in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 10 sec. or just until softened; stir until creamy. Beat pudding mixes and 2 cups milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Add half the cream cheese; mix well. Stir in 3/4 cup of the remaining coconut and 1 cup COOL WHIP. Pour into crust.
• Add sugar and remaining milk to remaining cream cheese; mix well. Stir in remaining COOL WHIP; spread over pie. Refrigerate 3 hours. Meanwhile, toast remaining coconut.
• Sprinkle toasted coconut over pie just before serving.

CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• prepare dough by mixing ingredients together by hand until well blended.
• refrigerate until filling is ready.
• Cook the green onion in the butter/margarine over low heat until just cooked, and let cool at room temperature.
• place the cheeses, cream cheese, sour cream and milk in a food processor.
• pulse until blended.
• The mixture does not need to reach a totally creamy consistency.
• Mix in 2- 3 eggs depending on how thick you want the filling to be.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• flatten out 2/3 of the dough in a 9X13 inch pan, and preheat oven to 350.
• Pour filling into pan over crust.
• roll the remaining dough between your palms into strips and lay over the filling back and forth (make a lattice pattern).
• Top with parmesan, sesame seeds and black pepper.
• Bake for approximately 35-40 minutes, or until golden brown and slightly puffy.

MOM'S CREAM CHEESE PIE

Steps:

• For the graham cracker crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, confectioners' sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Press into a 9-inch pie pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool completely before filling. Leave the oven on.
• For the cream cheese filling: Put the cream cheese, granulated sugar, vanilla and eggs in a medium bowl and beat with a hand mixer on medium speed until smooth. Pour the filling into the cooled crust and bake until set, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool 5 minutes before topping; leave the oven on.
• For the sour cream topping: Combine the sour cream, granulated sugar and vanilla in a small bowl and mix until smooth. Spread onto the pie and bake 10 minutes. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold, about 4 hours. Slice and serve.