Can I make this dessert without Jell-O?

Yes. Substitute the Jell-O glaze with a simple fresh strawberry sauce — simmer two cups of sliced strawberries with three tablespoons of sugar and one tablespoon of cornstarch until the most beautifully thickened and the most glossy. Cool completely before spreading over the individual strawberry layer. The natural individual strawberry sauce produces the most naturally flavored and the most properly beautiful alternative to the Jell-O glaze.

Can I use frozen strawberries instead of fresh?

Fresh strawberries are the most specifically recommended for the most vibrant individual color and the most firm individual texture that holds the most beautifully beneath the Jell-O glaze. Frozen strawberries thaw to a most soft and the most mushy individual texture that does not hold the most beautifully defined individual slice shape or support the most properly beneath the Jell-O glaze.

How far in advance can I make this?

This individual no-bake strawberry dessert can be made up to 2 full days in advance and refrigerated covered. The graham cracker crust softens the most pleasantly and the most progressively during the individual refrigerator storage period, and many individual bakers consider the most softened day-two individual crust to be the most perfectly melded and the most beautifully cohesive result.

No-Bake Strawberry Dessert Easy Layered Cream Cheese Cool Whip

Description

The most extraordinary no-bake No-Bake Strawberry Dessert made by lining 9×13 dish with parchment combining 2 cups graham cracker crumbs 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 cup melted butter pressing firmly into dish refrigerating beating 8 oz room temperature cream cheese with 1 cup sifted powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla until smooth gently folding 8 oz thawed Cool Whip spreading evenly over crust to all edges refrigerating 30 minutes dissolving 3 oz strawberry Jell-O in 1 cup boiling water 2 minutes stirring in 1/2 cup cold water cooling to room temperature arranging 2 cups hulled sliced fresh strawberries most beautifully over cream cheese layer pouring cooled Jell-O most evenly and gently over strawberries covering with plastic and refrigerating minimum 4 hours or overnight cutting into squares with sharp knife wiped between cuts. A completely perfect no-bake layered potluck graham cracker cream cheese cool whip strawberry Jello dessert recipe.

Ingredients

Scale

2 cups Graham Cracker Crumbs

1/4 cup Granulated Sugar for crust

1/2 cup Unsalted Butter melted

8 oz Full-Fat Brick-Style Cream Cheese softened

1 cup Powdered Sugar sifted

1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract

8 oz Cool Whip thawed

2 cups Fresh Strawberries hulled and sliced

1 package 3 oz Strawberry Jell-O

1 cup Boiling Water

1/2 cup Cold Water

Instructions

1. Line 9×13 baking dish with parchment.

2. Combine graham cracker crumbs, sugar, and melted butter. Press firmly into dish. Refrigerate.

3. Beat room temperature cream cheese with powdered sugar and vanilla 2 to 3 minutes until smooth and fluffy.

4. Gently fold in Cool Whip. Spread evenly over crust to all edges. Refrigerate 30 minutes.

5. Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water 2 minutes. Stir in cold water. Cool to room temperature.

6. Arrange sliced fresh strawberries most beautifully over cream cheese layer in deliberate pattern.

7. Pour cooled Jell-O evenly and gently over strawberries.

8. Cover with plastic. Refrigerate minimum 4 hours or overnight.

9. Cut into squares with sharp knife wiped between cuts. Serve cold.

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Category: Dessert, No-Bake, Potluck, Spring
Method: No Bake
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Serving Size: 1 square
Calories: 240
Sugar: 22g
Sodium: 185mg
Fat: 12g
Saturated Fat: 7g
Unsaturated Fat: 4g
Trans Fat: 0g
Carbohydrates: 31g
Fiber: 1g
Protein: 2g
Cholesterol: 20mg

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