Blogging is good for something my friends. It is good for stealing peoples amazing ideas! Such as recipes. I saw this delicious looking rasberry treat over on http://www.eatsleepcuddle.com/ and I decided I had to make it. It was soo tasty. Just the thing to cool down on a hot summers night. Plus our garden is creating a surplus of rasberries so this is a really great use for them! Oh and it is positively delightful to look at!
MMMMMMMMMM look at that thick graham cracker crust!
Well now I am hungry all over again!
Here is the recipe from http://www.eatsleepcuddle.com/
Ingredients:
1 pkg (6 oz.) of raspberry jello
1 container (1.5 qts) of vanilla ice cream
fresh raspberries (optional)
Graham Cracker Crust:
8 graham crackers
6 Tbs. butter
2 Tbs. sugar
**crush graham crackers and mix together with butter & sugar. press evenly into dish and chill in refrigerator for at least 15 minutes. (i doubled this recipe to get an extra-thick crust to fill the bottom & sides of both my cake rounds.)
Directions:
1. add 2 cups of boiling water to a package of raspberry jello in a large bowl and stir until dissolved.
2. add 1 container of vanilla ice cream to water & jello mixture, and stir until ice cream is evenly mixed throughout (will mix easier & quicker if you add the ice cream while the water is still very hot).
3. pour into prepared graham cracker crust, and put in the refrigerator to let set for about 2 hours. (i actually like to put mine in the freezer because i prefer a more ice cream-like texture rather than the pudding-like texture you get from the fridge. do whichever you prefer!)
4. serve with fresh raspberries (optional).
**the measurements in this recipe are for a 9x13-inch pan, but of course you can put it in whatever kind of dish you'd like.
So go....cook....eat...and remember.....our diet starts tomorrow!
Insincerely yours,
Heidi Jane
