fruit salad cheesecake

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40 Pinches
Anderson, SC
Updated on Sep 29, 2012

a friend of mine that works at the school gave me this recipe i made it tonight for the first time and to my surprise everyone loved it

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yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 - vanilla wafers
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • FOR FILLING:
  • 1 cup (20 oz) crushed pineapple, drained
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 2 - envelopes unflavored gelatin
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, cubed
  • 1 1/2 cups halved seedless grapes
  • 1 can mandarin oranges, drained and cut in half (11 oz)
  • 1 jar maraschino cherries, drained and roughly chopped
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 2 cups cool whip

How To Make fruit salad cheesecake

  • Step 1
    in a small bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs and melted butter.
  • Step 2
    press into the bottom of a 9 inch spring form pan coated with nonstick cooking spray. set aside.
  • Step 3
    in a small saucepan, cook crushed pineapple and sugar over medium heat for 5 minutes or until heated through.
  • Step 4
    place cold water in a small bowl and sprinkle with gelatin, let stand for 1 minute.
  • Step 5
    stir gelatin mixture into the warm pineapple mixture. reduce heat to low and add cubed cream cheese.
  • Step 6
    cook and stir until cream cheese is melted and the mixture is well blended. remove from heat and cool completely.
  • Step 7
    stir in grapes, mandarin oranges, cherries and pecans into the cooled cream cheese mixture.
  • Step 8
    fold in the cool whip. pour into prepared pan. cover and refrigerate overnight.

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