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(by Margie [Fisher] Maenpaa - friend)
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
6 TBSP melted butter
1 cup + 2 TBSP white sugar
4 - 8oz. Philadelphia Cream Cheese
1/2 cup strawberry preserves (NOT jelly)
2 cups fresh strawberries (washed, de-stemmed, and chopped into small pieces)
1 - 8oz. Cool Whip (thawed)
In a bowl add graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and 1/4 cup white sugar--stir to mix. Press graham cracker mixture into bottom of a 9 x 13 cake pan. Refrigerate the cake pan. In a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Add 3/4 cup white sugar--beat. Add strawberry preserves--beat, then remove bowl and set aside. In a separate bowl add chopped strawberries and 2 TBSP white sugar--mash with a fork. Pour strawberry mixture and Cool Whip into cream cheese mixture--stir until mixed. Remove cake pan from the refrigerator and pour the batter into the crust. Refrigerate overnight.
 
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