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Happy Birthday America Pie

Happy Birthday America Pie

Photo by Kayb

  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Raspberries
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    Kayb's Notes: This luscious, creamy dessert has its roots in the ubiquitous cherry cream cheese pie that was a feature of every church pot luck dinner and every post-funeral lunch of my childhood. Lime...

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Serves 12

  1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine cream cheese and lime juice, and beat until smooth and creamy.

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  2. Add condensed milk in a slow stream while mixer is running. Continue to beat until well blended.

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  3. Add 1 pint of the raspberries. Beat until they're blended in to the filling.

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  4. Mix vanilla wafer crumbs and 1/3 cup sugar with your fingers in the bottom of an 8 x 12 baking dish.

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  5. Melt butter and drizzle over crumbs. Mix with your fingers until combined, and press crumbs into an even layer in bottom of dish.

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  6. Spread filling over the top of crumbs, and smooth out the top. Arrange blueberries to make the flag canton, and use raspberries to make the stripes.

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  7. Beat whipping cream with 2 tbsp. sugar until stiff. Use a pastry bag or a zip-loc with a corner snipped off to pipe "stars" atop the blueberries, and fill in between the raspberry "stripes."

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  8. Chill for at least four hours.

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2 Comments on Happy Birthday America Pie

Newliztoqueicon-2 Reply

I love stuff like this - so sentimental - thanks, Happy July 4th and thumbs up!

Copy_of_me Reply

Love this...happy 4th to you, Kayb and Liz :) PS - my husband just saw this and say OHHHHHHHH!!!!!

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