Name: Layered Jell-O recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 195 min
Ingredients: 1/2 C Butter; 1 C all-purpose flour; 1/4 C packed light brown sugar; 1/2 C chopped walnuts (or pecans); 3 oz Lime Jell-O packet; 1 C boiling water; 8 oz full fat cream cheese; 1/2 C powdered sugar; 1 C Stabilized whipped cream (or whipped dessert topping); 6 oz strawberry Jell-O; 3 C boiling water

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It’s my BIRTHDAY! So I thought I’d add another one of my yearly birthday dinner recipes to the collection (see links to all my other birthday meal recipes below – like my fried in butter breaded chicken – TO DIE FOR) And YES I cook for myself on my birthday and YES I make this same meal every year (my mom used to make it for me growing up)

So my kids actually call this Christmas Jello – cause it’s green and red. and YES I do make it for Christmas too. I also change up the green layer to raspberry and make it for Valentines day as well… But this classic that my mom used to make is still a favorite at our house!

I know dinner jell-o is weird, here in Utah it’s fairly normal, but trying to tell people outside of the Utah culture about it and it sounds crazy, I mean let’s face it it’s kind of like a dessert WITH dinner instead of after. But I’M not complaining. Heck I’ll eat dessert FOR dinner most days 😉

And there you have it! check out the rest of my all time favorite meal to make myself with the links down below! The one thing that changes is the roll recipe – I make different bread every year, but the salad, baked potatoes, chicken, cauliflower and cheese sauce is pretty much standard – with dinner jello on the side 😉

Layered Jell-O recipe

we call this "Christmas jello" at our house because of the red and green coloring - you can actually change up the flavors to create different colors

4.5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Chill Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes

Servings: servings

Calories: 266kcal

Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

Crust

1/2 C Butter
1 C all-purpose flour
1/4 C packed light brown sugar
1/2 C chopped walnuts or pecans

Middle Layer

3 oz Lime Jell-O packet
1 C boiling water
8 oz full fat cream cheese
1/2 C powdered sugar
1 C Stabilized whipped cream or whipped dessert topping

Top Layer

6 oz strawberry Jell-O
3 C boiling water

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Instructions

Crust

Mix Butter, flour and sugar, then add nuts. Press into glass 9x13 pan
bake 12-15 min at 375
let cool

Middle Layer

Dissolve Jell-O into boiling water let cool to room temp.
Mix cream cheese and sugar add Jell-O mix fold in the whipped cream
Pour into crust
Refrigerate until firm

Top Layer

Dissolve Jell-O in water
Cool to room temp.
Pour into pan
Refrigerate till firm

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Notes

To cool the Jello quickly - Boil only half the water and dissolve the jello, then add the rest of the water in ice form, stirring until the ice is dissolved it should be room temperature.

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Comments

Adrienne

November 22, 2017 at 1:52 pm

You are so awesome! 💗

Cheryl

November 11, 2019 at 3:48 pm

Have you every made this with orange and cranberry jelly for fall holiday “Thanksgiving “

- Ashlee Marie
  
  November 19, 2019 at 3:54 pm
  
  I haven’t done that mixture but I have used a few others. I bet it would be good!

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