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Summer Orange Cream Dessert

3 layers of delicious citrus delight. Cool & refreshing.
Course: 3 layer dessert, Baking, catherines plates, Dessert, ice box dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Catherine's Plates

Equipment

  • 9 x 2 spring form pan lined with parchment
  • Food Processor
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • Medium sauce pan

Ingredients

Cookie Crust

  • 2 cups finely crushed shortbread cookies (12 oz package)
  • 1/2 cup melted butter
  • 1 tsp orange zest

Jell-o Layer

  • 1 (3 oz) package orange gelatin
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 2 (11 oz) cans mandarin orange sections, drained

Cream Cheese Layer

  • 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1 (8 oz) container frozen cool whip, thawed

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large mixing bowl mix together crushed cookies, melted butter, and orange zest.
  • Press crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9 inch spring form pan lined with parchment. Place pan on top of a rectangular cookie pan.
    NOTE: or line the outside of spring form pan with foil.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 14 minutes or until crust is golden. Cool completely on a wire rack.
  • In a medium bowl mix together jell-o and boiling water until dissolved. Let cool.
  • In a large bowl using an electric hand mixer beat cream cheese and sugar on medium speed for 2 minutes until light and fluffy. Fold in thawed cool whip unitl well combined.
  • Spread mixture over the cooled crust. Make sure that the mixture is all the way against the sides of the dish leaving no oven areas.
    NOTE: the jell-o will be poured on top and you don't want open areas where the jell-o will seep through and make the cookie base soggy.
  • Chill for 15 minutes.
  • Stir in drained canned oranges and stir into cooled jello.
  • Carefully pour or ladle the orange jello over the cream cheese layer.
  • Cover for at least 4 hours to overnight. This dessert must to firm and chilled well to keep from falling apart. I do the full overnight and it turns out beautiful.