Recipe#8326

Title: Almond 03

From: "Brigitte" BrigitteJ@NOSPAMcsi.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Cheesecake 
 Date: 9 Jan 1999 20:01:25 -0700 
 Message-ID: <779565$k6h@llama.swcp.com> 

24 Oreo cookies, crushed
 1/3 cup granulated white sugar
 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
 2 eggs
 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
 1/4 cup butter, melted
 1 cup sliced almonds
 1 whole peach or orange, sliced as garnish or 1 cup berries or pineapple
   chunks, as garnish (optional)
 Preheat oven to 350 F.
 In a blender or food processor crush cookies and save 1/4 cup for
 topping.  Add melted butter and blend 1 to 2 seconds. Press into
 a 9 inch pie plate.  Refrigerate until needed.
 Finely grind almonds with sugar in a food processor. Add cream
 cheese and blend until smooth. Add eggs and almond extract and
 blend using pulse switch. Spoon mixture onto the Oreo cookie crust.
 Bake until filling is set about 18 minutes. Cool completely.
 Option Arrange fresh fruit decoratively on top of the cheesecake
 before serving.
 Yields 1 9-inch pie.