1 8-ounce package cream cheese softened
1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk (NOT evaporated milk)
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 frozen pie crust baked
Fresh fruit*
Light corn syrup (optional)
In a large mixer bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually beat in sweetened condensed milk until smooth. Stir in lemon juice and vanilla. Pour into pastry shell. Chill 3 hours or until set.
Arrange fruit on top of pie. Just before serving, brush with corn syrup if desired.
*If bananas are used, dip in additional lemon juice and drain before arranging on pie.
MINI FRUIT CHEESE TARTS: Prepare filling as above. Spoon into twenty-four (2- or 3-inch) tart-size baked pastry shells (see Pastry for Double-Crust Pie). Chill 2 hours or until set. Top with fruit; brush with corn syrup if desired.