Strawberry Cream Cheese Delight
CRUST:
1 cup nuts -- chopped
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup flour
FILLING:
8 ounces cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
9 ounces Cool Whip� -- divided
TOPPING:
4 cups strawberries -- crushed
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup sugar -- divided
1 cup water
3 ounces Jell-o gelatin -- strawberry
CRUST: Combine crust ingredients; spread in a 9 x 13-inch pan and
cook at 350 F. for 10-15 minutes. Cool.
FILLING: Cream together cream cheese and sugar. Fold in half the
Cool Whip. Spread over cooled crust. Refrigerate.
TOPPING: Mix sugar, water and cornstarch together in saucepan. Heat
until mixture begins to boil and turns from cloudy to clear. Remove
from heat and add strawberry jello mix. Add strawberries to mixture.
Cool; spread over cream cheese filling. Refrigerate. Cover with
remaining Cool Whip topping and sprinkle with chopped nuts, if
desired. |