Cherry Cheesecake Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup sugar, divided
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
1 (20 ounce) can cherry pie filling

Preparation

Mix crumbs, 1/4 cup of the sugar and butter. Press onto bottom of 13x9x2 baking pan. Bake at 325* for 10 minutes.
Beat cream cheese, remaining 3/4 cup sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust.
Bake at 325* for 35 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Top with pie filling. Cut into squares.