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. Â 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
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
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
Video
Notes
Nutrition
MY BIRTHDAY DINNER RECIPES
- Pistachio Dessert Lasagna Recipe - April 18, 2020
- Homemade White Bread Recipe - April 17, 2020
- Easter Egg Pinata Cake with Chocolate Nest – recipe and video - April 8, 2020
Adrienne
You are so awesome! 💗
Cheryl
Have you every made this with orange and cranberry jelly for fall holiday “Thanksgiving “
Ashlee Marie
I haven’t done that mixture but I have used a few others. I bet it would be good!