Southern Icebox Pie with Cherry Topping Recipe

As the heatwave progresses and the need to feed advances, I seek food that will cool and require no cooking. One such dish is a dessert called an icebox pie or a cheesecake (not to be confused with NY cheesecake). This specific version is “cooked” in the refrigerator.

This specific recipe is one my Grandmother taught my mother, and I happened to learn from her. In this case, the topping is just cherry pie filling (use a good-quality pie filling), but you can macerate berries and utilize those as the topping.

Ditto. The pie crust is a store-bought graham cracker crust, but it can be replaced by any number of cookies whizzed up in a food processor and mixed with additional sweeteners and the necessary melted butter as a binding. (One may want to give the new crust a quick 10-minute bake in a hot oven to set the crumb and add a toasty taste.)

Wikipedia quotes Icebox Pie as:

Icebox pies are no-bake pies including ice cream pies, chiffon pies, and classic cream pies like key lime pie, lemon ice box pie, chocolate pudding pie, grasshopper pie and banana cream pie. The crust can be a crumb crust or blind baked pastry. They are associated with the cuisine of the Southern United States.

Cream Cheese Pie

A delicious creamy and sweet cream cheese filling in a graham cracker crust with cherry pie filling on top

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 8 hours hrs

Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Southern

Servings 8 people

Calories 347 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 can sweetened condensed milk ~14 oz
• 1 pkg Cream Cheese softened
• 1/3 cup Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract Good Stuff
• 1 ea graham cracker crust
• 1 can Cherry Pie filling Decent stuff

Instructions

 

• Make sure the cream cheese is softened at room temp, ~30 minutes
• In a large bowl, place cream cheese, condensed milk, lemon juice, and vanilla
• Mix until creamy and smooth.
• Pour / Spread the cream cheese mixture into the pie crust
• cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for several hours.
• Top the chilled pie with the canned pie filling
• Return it to the refrigerator until completely chilled.
• Serve Cold

Notes

It was a basic icebox pie from my youth.

One can use various fillings or make your own filling by macerating fresh fruit.

Ditto one can crush various cookies to produce a crust,

 

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 6gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 166mgPotassium: 310mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 28gVitamin A: 664IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 177mgIron: 0.3mg

Keyword Cold, No Bake, Summer

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