Peach Cheese Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (9-inch) unbaked pie shell
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
2 eggs
1/2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (29 oz.) can peaches or 1 qt. home canned
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1/4 tsp. almond extract (optional)

Preparation

Soften cream cheese.
Add eggs, sugar, milk and vanilla. Blend well.
Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake at 375\u00b0 for 30 minutes.
Cool.
Drain and slice peaches, reserving 1 cup juice. Combine cornstarch and sugar.
Stir in reserved peach juice, lemon juice and almond extract.
Cook, stirring, until thick.
Arrange peaches, petal fashion, on cheese filling.
Garnish with maraschino cherries.
Spoon glaze over fruit.
Chill 1 hour.
If there is not enough peach juice to equal 1 cup, mash peaches to equal 1 cup.