Sweet Charity Pie

Ingredients: 

1 Baked pie shell

1 package cream cheese 8 oz., softened

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 tsp. almond extract

Cream and set aside.

1 cup chopped nuts (we use pecans)

1 cup flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 stick butter

Blend together until crumbly - Bake at 350 for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool.

1 can cherry pie filling

1 can cool whip

Combine and set aside.

Assembly:

1 - Bake pie shell

2 - When pie shell is cool, spread with cream cheese mix

3 - Sprinkle with 1/2 crumble mix

4 - Spread on cherry filling/cool whip mix.

5 - Sprinkle with remaining crumble mix

6 - Eat and Enjoy!

7 - Store leftovers in refrigerator.

Fresh Apple Pie Filling (9" pie)

Ingredients:

Pastry for 9-inch Two-Crust Pie

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup flour

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

Dash of salt

6 cups thinly sliced pared tart apples

(about 6 medium)

2 tablespoons margarine or butter

Preparation Instructions:

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Prepare pastry. Brush bottom crust w\ egg white, and let it dry.

Mix sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt. Stir in apples. Turn into pastry-lined pie plate; dot with margarine. Cover with top crust that has slits cut in it; seal and flute.

Bake for 5 minutes, uncovered. Then put strip of foil around edge to keep it from getting too dark. Bake until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through slits in crust, 40 to 50 minutes.

Bishops Chocolate Pie

Ingredients:
2 cups vanilla ice cream
2 cups milk
1 package chocolate pudding
1 package vanilla pudding
Graham Cracker Crust
1 tub cool whip
Chocolate Bar

Preparation Instructions:
Mix together first 4 ingredients. Place in crust. Chill. Spread cool whip and top with chocolate shavings.