Peachy Cheesecake

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 cup graham wafer crumbs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1/4 cup crushed walnuts or 1/4 cup pecans or 1/4 cup almonds
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 firm peaches, chopped,drained of excess juice
• 3 ripe peaches, mashed
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 envelope unflavored gelatin

Recipe

• 1 for crust: combine crumbs, suugar, butter& nuts, if using.
• 2 press into a greased 8x8x2 inch pan.
• 3 bake at 350 for 8-10 minutes.
• 4 cool.
• 5 for filling: beat cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth& creamy;set aside.
• 6 in separate bowl, using clean beaters, beat whipping cream until stiff; fold into cream cheese mixture.
• 7 stir in chopped peaches.
• 8 spread over cooled crust.
• 9 for topping: stir 1/2 cup sugar into mashed peaches;let set until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
• 10 dissolve gelatin according to package directions;stir into peach mixture.
• 11 spread over cream cheese filling.
• 12 refrigerate until set.
• 13 may be topped with whipped cream if desired.