This is a dessert my mom always seems to make around the Holidays. I’m not usually a fan of cherry-flavored or filled desserts, but for some reason I can’t stay away from this one.
I think it’s the cherry-almond flavor of the two fillings that gets me. You get a sweet cream cheese layer and a cherry-cool whip layer with just a hint of almond.
And the crunchy pecan crumble. Looove it. 
You get a thick layer of it on the bottom of the pie and on the top.
And it just crumbles away with every bite.
Sweet Charity Pie
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, soft
8 oz cream cheese, soft
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 cup powdered sugar
21 oz can Cherry Pie Filling
1 (8 oz) carton of cool whip or 1 cup fresh whipping cream
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375.
In a medium bowl combine flour, pecans, brown sugar and butter. Use two butter knives or a pastry blender to cut in the butter. Mix until well combined and crumble forms. Spread crumb mixture into a sheet cake pan and bake for 15-20 minutes until golden brown, stirring once half way through.
Let cool, then press crumbs into a 9 in. round pie pan, reserving 1 cup of the crumbs for later. Refrigerate to completely cool.
In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and almond extract. Beat until smooth and creamy.
In another bowl, combine cherry pie filling and cool whip (or whipping cream).
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the top of the crumb crust in the pie dish. Some of the crumbs might lift as you try to spread the cream cheese layer. It helps if you dollop the cream cheese mixture all over the top of the crust, then try to spread.
Top with the cherry pie-cool whip mixture.
Cover with the pecans your reserved earlier. I used about 1/2 cup, but feel free to use the entire 1 cup if you want.
from Debbie Mortensen
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I just pinned this! It looks so yummy!
This looks so yummy!
I made a peach version of this and it was awesome. (wrote about it here.) Thank you for posting the recipe.
Looks delicious. Thank you so much.