Prepare the Cherry Filling 🍒 – Ingredients: Fresh or canned cherries, sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. – Steps: In a saucepan, combine cherries, sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch. Cook until thickened and bubbly. Let it cool before adding it to the pie crust.
Make the Cream Cheese Layer 🧀 – Ingredients: Cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream (or milk). – Steps: Beat softened cream cheese with powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and a splash of heavy cream until smooth and creamy.
Prepare the Pie Crust 🥧 – Steps: Use a pre-baked pie crust or make your own. Blind bake the crust if necessary, and allow it to cool before assembling the pie.
Spread the Cream Cheese Layer 🧀 – Steps: Once the crust has cooled, spread a thick layer of the cream cheese mixture evenly across the bottom. This will create a creamy base to balance out the tartness of the cherries.
Add the Cherry Filling 🍒 – Steps: Spoon the cooled cherry mixture over the cream cheese layer. Spread it evenly, making sure the cream cheese layer is fully covered.
Chill and Set ❄️ – Steps: Place the assembled pie in the refrigerator for a few hours, allowing the cream cheese layer to firm up and the flavors to meld together.
Serve and Enjoy 🍽️ – Steps: Once chilled, slice and serve. The creamy layer combined with the sweet-tart cherries creates the ultimate indulgent dessert!