CREAMY JELLO COOKIE DESSERT

Ingredients:

1 (15.25 oz.) Golden Oreo Birthday Cake Cream Cookies, crushed

1 sleeve ritz crackers, crushed
1 ½ cubes (3/4 cup) melted butter
½  cup milk
¾ cup to 1 ¼  cups sugar  (I use ¾ cup extra fine baker’s sugar)

16 oz. (two 8 oz. packages) cream cheese
1 pint (2 cups) heavy whipping cream, whipped
1 large (or 2 small packages) package Jello (I used Jolly Rancher Green Apple)
1 ¾  cups apple juice, hot

2 cups ice

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 Degrees F. Grease or Spray 9” x13” baking dish. Mix cookie crumbs and ritz cracker crumbs with butter and press in 9” x13” baking dish.  Bake at 400 degrees F. for 10 minutes.  Let Cool.
Mix cream cheese, milk and sugar until smooth.  Spread on warm crust. Place in refrigerator.
Whip whipping cream. Remove 9” X 13” baking pan from the refrigerator. Spread whipping cream over cream cheese layer and place back in the refrigerator to chill.
Heat apple juice in the microwave.  Dissolve Jello in hot apple juice, 2 cups ice and allow to partially gel.
Remove 9” X 13” baking pan from the refrigerator. Pour carefully over the whipped cream layer and allow to set in the refrigerator.
Prepare ahead for this dessert.  It is best when it has set in the refrigerator at least 8 hours.

Garnish with whipping cream and Wilton's jumbo rainbow nonpareils (if desired)

Ingredients, (Not pictured Milk and Ritz Crackers)

Crust

Cream Cheese and Sugar

Cream Cheese Mixture

Spreading Cream Cheese Mixture on Crust

Whipped Cream Layer

Jolly Rancher Green Apple Jello Partially gelling

Ready to Chill