Amaretto Peach Cheesecake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 tablespoons 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, peach halves should be drained, and then pureed.
• 1/4 cup almond flavored liqueur

Recipe

• 1 combine margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 2 blend in egg.
• 3 add flour; mix well.
• 4 spread dough onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan.
• 5 bake at 450 degrees f., 10 minutes.
• 6 combine cream cheese, sugar and flour; mixing at medium speed on electric mixer until well blended.
• 7 add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 8 add peaches and liqueur; mix well.
• 9 pour over crust.
• 10 bake at 450 degrees f., 10 minutes.
• 11 reduce oven temperature to 250 degrees f.; continue baking 65 minutes.
• 12 loosen cake from rim of pan; cool before removing rim of pan.
• 13 chill.
• 14 garnish with additional peach slices and sliced almonds, if desired.