Blueberry Delight

Dienia B.'s Note:

From Toni at Hope Lodge, a real shining light. This is the best blueberry cheese cake you will eat; everyone should put this in their cook book.

• Total Time: 24 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 24 hrs
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 2 cups graham crackers
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup melted butter

Filling

• 16 ounces cream cheese
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 eggs

Topping

• 1 (16 ounce) can blueberry pie filling

Directions:

1. For the crust, mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, cinnamon and melted butter together with a fork until well blended and crumbly. Press mixture into a 9x13 baking pan.
2. For the filling, cream together the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs and beat well.
3. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 minutes. Do not overbake. Mixture will set up as it cools.
4. When cool, completely cover with blueberry pie filling.
5. Chill overnight.

Reviews

[Jujubegirl]

Good, but the cheesecake wasn't sweet enough to work well with the blueberries in this family. I scooped off all the blueberries I could and poured some syrup/juice from a jar of morello cherries over it. This sweetened it a great deal and kept a fruity flavor which worked well with the cheesecake part. I'd love to try this again with a cherry or raspberry reduction topping.

[Sheri in Georgia]

This dessert received mixed reviews - half of the family liked it and half didn't. I followed the recipe "as is" except for using the Blueberry Sauce from Recipe #69850and making it in a cheesecake form pan instead of a 9 by 13 pan. I thought it was very good and not too sweet.

[Leilani]

I can't rate this fairly because I didn't make it as directed. I was hoping to be able to, but I ran out of time. As I had promised a blueberry cheesecake for dessert, I had to get creative. I used your crust for the bottom (that I put in a 9x13" baking dish.) I put this into the oven at 350 degrees and baked for about 8 minutes. When this cooled I added the Philadelphia Ready to Eat Cheesecake Filling. As this filling didn't need to cook or chill, I was then able to add the blueberry pie filling. Everyone raved about the dessert, and especially the cinnamon crust. Thank you for a great recipe!