Amaretto Peach Cheesecake


Submitted By: Shirley L. Revis

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 24 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 3 large eggs
  • 16 ounces canned peach halves (drained, pureed)
  • 1/4 cup almond-flavored liqueur

    • Instructions


    Combine butter or margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in egg. Add 3/4 cup flour; mix well. Spread dough onto bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Bake at 450º for 10 minutes.
    Combine cream cheese, sugar, and 3 tablespoons flour; mix with an electric mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add pureed peaches and liqueur; mix well. Pour over crust.
    Bake at 450º for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 250º and continue baking 65 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing. Chill. Garnish with more peach slices and sliced almonds.