Pineapple Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
8 1/4 ounces pineapple, crushed, undrained
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Preparation

Combine sugar, cornstarch, and pineapple. Cook, stirring constantly, until clear and thickened.
Cool; spread onto bottom of pastry shell.
Combine cream cheese, sugar and salt , mixing until well blended.
Blend in milk, eggs and vanilla.
Pour over pineapple mixture; sprinkle with nuts.
Bake at 400 degrees, 15 min.
reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees; continue baking 40 min.
Garnish with pineapple slices, cut in half, and maraschino cherry halves, if desired.