PHILADELPHIA® 3-STEP® Strawberry Layer Cheesecake

Ingredients

• 16 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 2  eggs 
• 6 oz ready-to-use graham cracker crumb crust 
• 5 drops food coloring red
• 4 medium strawberries sliced
• 0.3 cup strawberry preserves 
• 0.5 cup sugar 
• 0.5 tsp vanilla 
• 1 cup cool whip whipped topping thawed

Equipment

• oven
• hand mixer

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350F. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
2. Add eggs; mix just until blended.
3. Remove 1 cup of the batter.
4. Add preserves and food coloring; stir until well blended.
5. Pour into crust; cover with the remaining plain batter.
6. Bake 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool.
7. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Top with the whipped topping and strawberries just before serving. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.