Reviewed: May 11, 2011

I did not have chocolate cookie crumbs but I did have graham crackers so I threw some in my blender and ground them down to a fine crumb, then mixed with the butter and made a crust out of that. I did not add sugar to the crust ingredients as I had a feeling that the pie would be sweet enough on it's own. I used reduced fat cream cheese, "light" cherry pie filling and fresh squeezed lemon juice. This was well recieved by my husband and two kids, though I thought it was a little too sweet. I also think there was a little too much butter in the crust and my husband did remark on that. I think cutting it back just enough to hold the ingredients together without being greasy is the key--maybe three or four tablespoons instead of 1/3 of a cup. It's quite good, but with a few small tweaks, it might be perfect.

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Sarah Jo

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Seattle, Washington, USA

Living In: Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2011

my husband couldn't stop thinking about the cake!!

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THOMPSON07470

Reviewed: Apr. 10, 2011

I made this for a friend's birthday, she loved it! She said it was, "The best cheesecake I've ever had."

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Chef Girl

Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: Mar. 5, 2011

I followed this recipe as written and it came out tasty and beautiful. There is another cherry cheesecake by LJ Bryan (don't quote me on name exactly) that works great for a regular pre-made pie crust. This one is perfect for the thicker 9" spring-form pan.

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bikermike924

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Miami, Florida, USA

Living In: Lakeland, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2010

I chose this recipe cause it sounded good and easy to make, which it was very easy. I did not like the flavor of it, the sweet condensed milk is what did it. It totally over powerd all the ingretients. I'm going to try it with heavy wipping cream and sugar and I think it will give it a better taste.

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crystal45

Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2010

This was a hit! I made a couple of changes, instead of a home made crust I used the store box.

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tpiersaint

Reviewed: Sep. 18, 2010

this is easier than it sounded I was worried when it looked so runny but it baked up fine I had to much dough due to I seemed to have miss placed my spring pan, so I used a glass pie plate ,the extra dough/ cheese cake I put in to muffin tins lined with cup cake holders I also used fresh strawberries from the garden in this receipe. I did due like others said and added the freshly puree strawberries at the end and swirled. I will make this again because my husband liked it so much he promtly went out and bought three sizes of spring form pans lol thank you so much for this reciepe :)

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SU45

Reviewed: Aug. 16, 2010

Made this for my husband's birthday, and it was fabulous!

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Christina W.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Aug. 3, 2010

When this recipe is substituted with a store bought ready made crust, there is far too much batter and left over cherry puree. I would ammend this recipe to specify deep dish glass 9 inch pie dish, or cut the recipe in half. Otherwise, it is a very easy to make cheese cake with a nice light texture, pretty close to New York style.

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sandhockey

Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2010

Just made this and it is soooo super yummy. Did take a short cut and make it in a 9" oreo premade pie crust. If you do this too you need to halve the ingredients. I had a ton of batter left over and I hate to waste food. I barely used half the cherry filling for the puree. but once I let it cool in the fridge overnight i topped it with the some of the left over filling and it looked nice with the whole cherrys on top. Next time I will take the time to make the crust myself. enjoy!

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