Monday, December 17, 2012

Strawberry Sigh Layered Dessert

 
I love layered desserts. They always look so pretty. This one is perfect for Christmas time with its bright red strawberry layer.
It is kind-of similar to another of my favorites, our Pineapple Dream Dessert, but different enough that it warrants its' own blog.
I named it "Strawberry Sigh" because you can't help but let out a dreamy *siiiiiiiiiiiiigh* after you taste it. I ate soooooo much of this the other day I thought I was going to explode. It's probably best you don't make this unless you have some guests to share it with. Just warning you.
 
 
Strawberry Sigh
 
Ingredients
Crust
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
 
First Layer
1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1 cup icing sugar
2 cups Cool Whip, thawed
 
Second Layer
1 pkg (6 oz) Strawberry Jello mix
1 1/2 cups boiling water
2 cups frozen strawberries (chopped)
 
Topping
2 cups whipping cream
2 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
 
Directions
Preheat oven to 375. Spray a 9 x 13 pan lightly with cooking spray. Set aside.
Crust - Combine pecans, flour, and melted butter in a medium bowl until well mixed. Press firmly into prepared 9 X 13 pan. (If you have trouble with the crust sticking to your hands as you press it down - keep dipping your fingers in a bowl of water and that should help.)
 
 
Bake at 375 for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
1st Layer - In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese and icing sugar. Stir in the 2 cups of Cool Whip. Carefully spread over cooled crust. (It helps to drop it by the spoonful over the crust and then gently spread it together.)
 
 
2nd Layer - Whisk together strawberry Jello and boiling water until Jello has dissolved. Stir in frozen, chopped strawberries. Let Jello thicken slightly in fridge and then pour over cream cheese layer.
 
 
Topping - Whip cream, sugar, and vanilla with electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Spread over Jello layer.
 
 
Cover and chill for at least 4 hours. (I covered mine and chilled it over overnight as our dinner party wasn't until the next day.)
 
 
You can try and just eat a small piece but.....good luck with that.
This is a nice, light dessert to follow a heavy meal.
Or...you know....for breakfast....
What?
It has strawberries...strawberries are fruit....
You are supposed to eat fruit for breakfast...
 
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27 comments:

  1. This looks yummy, love the combo of creamy & strawberry!

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  2. how long are you supposed to let the jello cool in the fridge before adding it to the dessert???

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    1. About 20 - 30 minutes. It will still be quite liquidy. It really just needs to be thoroughly chilled.

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  3. great! thank you. i'm going to try this for our hurch social next weekend.

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  4. what do you mean by icing sugar?? powdered sugar?

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  5. Love this recipe!
    Found you on Pinterest, and now Im a follower! =)

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  6. Excuse me, but isn't this strawberry/pretzel salad without the pretzel crust? I like the pretzel crust better! But it is pretty yummy!

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  7. Omg! I made this for a family get together and it was gone in minutes! It was awesome!!!

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  8. I can't wait to try this! My son loves strawberries, may have found a new favorite. Thanks for posting!

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  9. Help! Making this now! The frozen chopped berries: with or without juice? Bless you!

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    1. With the juice - you use the berries frozen :)

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  10. Posting from South Africa: What is 'Cool Whip', please? Renate

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    1. Cool Whip is a non-dairy dessert topping which is similar to whipped cream. (You can just use whipping cream if you don't have Cool Whip)

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  11. I want to thank you for this amazing recipe. I made it last summer and my family loved it . I appreciate that it is sweet but not overly so. I will make it again very soon. Marilyn ( Chinaberry Mud Pies.com)

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  12. I also use the pretzel crust but this sounds great. I also have used mandarin oranges and orange jello as I have a nephew that doesn't like strawberries.

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  13. Use the back of a spoon to press the crust - no trouble at all.

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  14. I made this last summer and have been searching for the recipe. I made my first one with fresh peaches! I found it while searching for peach cobbler recipe. AWESOME. But when I made it with the fresh FROZEN STRAWBERRIES, IT WAS EVEN BETTER!

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  15. Is there any problem making this in a glass baking dish?

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  16. how do I print this? Looks delish!

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    1. We don't have a print button yet as it is not offered by our blog host. What you can do though, is copy and paste the recipe into a blank word document. You can then delete what you don't want (like photos, etc...) and print it out. It is a little more work but still works!

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    2. You can also highlight the portion you want to print. Press print, then click on "selection", Click print. It will print only that portion you selected.

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  17. This looks sooooo delicious!....can't wait to make it for my daughters B-Day party😋

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  18. Made this on Saturday! Success!

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