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Posted by Bev on January 29th, 2007 in Dessert Recipes

Vanilla Wafer Crust

• 1/2 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers
• 6 tbls butter or margarine, melted

Sherried Grape Chantilly Pie

• 1/3 cup cream sherry
• 1 package fluffy white frosting mix (for 2-layer cake)
• 1 cup small curd cream-style cottage cheese
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/4 cup grape jelly
• 1 tbls cream sherry
• 1 cup red grapes, halved, seeded, and drained

Prepare Vanilla Wafer Crust.  Press onto bottom and sides of a 9 in pie plate. Chill

Add enough water to the 1/3 cup sherry to measure 1/2 cup liquid.  In saucepan heat the 1/2 cup liquid till boiling.  Pour hot liquid over frosting mix in mixer bowl.  Beat 7 minutes at high speed. Place cottage cheese and sour cream in blender and blend till smooth.  Pour mixture into a bowl; fold in frosting mixture. Turn cottage cheese-frosting mixture into wafer crust.  Freeze pie several hours or overnight till firm.

Shortly before serving, combine grape jelly and the 1 tablespoon sherry in small saucepan.  Cook and stir till boiling; boil 1 minute more.  Remove from heat; cool to lukewarm.  Just before serving, remove pie from freezer and arrange grape halves on top of pie.  Glaze grapes with jelly mixture.  Slice pie and serve immediately.