Grandma's Strawberry or Lemon Fluff
"Jello and fruit based mousse dessert highly favored by children and adults.
Summer Saturdays this dessert was always in the fridge during my childhood. With 5 children my mother had to watch her food budget and still fill us all up. Posting here to keep safe and offer a dessert that is a mouthful of creamy delight and brings back summer memories. Use 1/4 cup lemon juice if lemon is desired or 1 10oz container of frozen
drained strawberries with juice for strawberry."
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
-
1 pan
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can evaporated milk
- 1 (4 ounce) package flavored Jello gelatin
- 1 3⁄4 cups hot water
- 1⁄4 cup lemon juice or 1/4 cup juice from frozen strawberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 1⁄2 cups graham crackers
- 1⁄4 cup melted butter
directions
- Chill can of evaporated milk for 3 to 4 hours. Must be icy cold.
- Dissolve jello in hot water and chill until partially set.
- Whip jello until light and fluffy while adding either lemon juice or strawberry juice.
- Whip evaporated milk until firmly mounded adding sugar slowly.
- Fold whipped milk into jello mixture; add drained strawberries if using and turn out into a 13 X 9 cake pan and return to fridge for at least 2 hours while it continues to set.
- Crust;.
- Add melted butter to graham cracker crumbs and line sides and bottom of cake pan. Reserve 1/4 cup to top dessert after frosting with whipped cream. Note; if you feel creative, this recipe can be adapted to other flavors and fruit.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Training culinary:2 years culinary school Houston Community College (downtwn branch highly recommend) French pastry and artisan breads. I am immersed in family, spouse and everything homeside. it is now my time having retired, to do all the fun things I couldn't do while working. I believe life is most bountiful when we serve others. I also believe the best cooks are those who cook and bake with a love of making people happy. I especially enjoy sending cookies to our soldiers in Iraq. It is a joy to read their letters and emails of appreciation for a taste of home. I also love sewing, upholstery, gardening,church activities and remodeling take up the time not spent with family. I hope I can be as helpful to the cooks on Recipezaar as they have been helpful to me. When time permits I love to test and review recipes on this site that appeal to me. I am also a believer in power naps.
