Description
A layered dessert featuring a graham cracker crust, creamy cream cheese filling, and a topping of whipped cream mixed with sliced peaches.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter (can use salted)
- 2 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs (about 20 full sheet graham crackers)
- 4 ounces (½ block) cream cheese, softened to room temperature
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature (can use salted)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 8 ounce container frozen whipped topping, thawed (COOL WHIP)
- 29 ounce can sliced peaches in heavy syrup (drained well, can use the peaches in juice)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300F.
- Crush graham crackers if using full sheets and measure out 2 ½ cups crumbs. Drain peaches and cut into bite-sized pieces. Set aside.
- Melt ½ cup butter in microwave.
- Combine melted butter with graham cracker crumbs until mixture looks like wet sand.
- Press 2 cups of crumb mixture firmly into bottom of 8×8 or 9×9 square baking dish.
- Bake crust at 300F for 8-10 minutes. Cool completely.
- Reserve remaining ½ cup crumb mixture for topping.
- Beat cream cheese and ½ cup butter until smooth and creamy.
- Gradually add powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
- Spread cream cheese mixture over cooled crust.
- In a separate bowl, mix thawed whipped topping with drained peaches.
- Spread peach and whipped topping mixture over cream cheese layer evenly.
- Sprinkle reserved graham cracker crumbs on top.
- Cover dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.
Notes
- Make sure to drain peaches well to avoid extra liquid.
- Do not skip refrigeration step to allow dessert to set.
- Use room temperature cream cheese and butter for smooth mixing.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
Keywords: Peaches and Cream Dream Delight, peach dessert, graham cracker crust, cream cheese dessert, no-bake peach dessert