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Confetti Cheese Pies
Author/Submitted by:
Servings: 16
Categories:
Desserts
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Pies & Pastries
Ingredients:
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c
butter or margarine,
softened
2
c
all-purpose flour * 1/2
t
salt 1
t
grated lime or lemon peel 2
ts
cold water 8
oz
cream cheese,
softened
5
eggs,
separated
14
oz
sweetened condensed milk 1/3
c
lime or lemon juice 3
dr red food color 1/4
t
cream of tartar 2
c
frozen whipped topping
thawed 1/4
c
confetti candy
Directions:
* Do not use self-rising flour in this recipe. Heat oven to
375-degrees. Cut butter into flour, salt and 1/2 teaspoon lime peel
with pastry blender; stir in water. Press pastry against bottoms and
sides of two 9-inch pie plates. Beat cream cheese, egg yolks, milk,
lime juice and food color 2 minutes. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon lime peel.
Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff and glossy. Fold cheese
mixture into egg whites; pour into crusts. Bake until knife inserted
in centers comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Refrigerate 2 hours. Spread
pies with whipped topping and sprinkle with confetti candy. 2 pies.
GOLDEN GLOW CHEESE PIES: Omit red food color and confetti candy.
Garnish with canned apricot halves. ST. PATRICK'S DAY PIES: Omit red
food color and candy. Stir 2 drops each yellow and green food color
into whipped topping. Garnish with whipped topping shamrocks. (Betty
Crocker's Step-by-Step Recipes)
By KKBG35A RUTH BURKHAR
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