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Cherry Yum Yum


This is Aunt Ruby's classic dessert. She made it with canned cherry pie filling, but you can use any fruit. Our current favorite is fresh raspberries saute'd with Chambord.

Ingredients
 crust 
1 package graham crackers
⅓ c sugar
1 stick butter

 filling 
1 8 oz package neuchatel cream cheese
1 c cold milk
1 t vanilla
2 packs dream whip
½ c sugar

 topping 
3 small packages fresh raspberries
½ c sugar
¼ c water
¼ c Chambord liquer
2 T corn starch
Preparation
 crust 
preheat oven to 350
melt the butter in a large bowl
crumble the graham crackers into tiny chunks and add to butter
add ⅓ c sugar and stir
form crust in a 9x13 baking dish
bake at 350 for 10 minutes then set aside to cool

 filling 
soften the cream cheese and put in mixing bowl
add 1 c cold milk and vanilla and mix
add in dream whip and continue mixing until it whips
add ½ c sugar and whip again until well mixed
pour evenly into cooled crust

 topping 
pour all ingredients into a small saucepan
stir continuously on medium-high heat until it bubbles
cool, and then pour evenly on the filling