Description
A delightful dessert featuring layers of creamy cheesecake and fresh strawberries with a crunchy cookie crust.
Ingredients
Scale
- 26 vanilla cream cookies, crushed fine
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 (3.3 oz) box strawberry gelatin
- 1 cup boiling water
- 16 oz cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- Remaining vanilla cream cookies from package
- 10 strawberry wafer cookies
- Half small tub whipped topping, thawed (optional for garnish)
Instructions
- Crush 26 vanilla cream cookies into fine crumbs and mix with melted butter until evenly moistened.
- Press firmly into the bottom of a greased 10 inch springform pan and freeze for 15 minutes.
- Dissolve strawberry gelatin in boiling water, stirring until fully dissolved, then cool at room temperature.
- Beat softened cream cheese with granulated sugar until smooth.
- Whip heavy cream with powdered sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Divide whipped cream in half. Fold one half into cream cheese mixture.
- Fold remaining whipped cream into cooled gelatin mixture.
- Pour half of gelatin mixture over chilled crust and freeze briefly until slightly set.
- Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over gelatin layer.
- Gently pour remaining gelatin mixture on top and chill briefly to define layers.
- Crush remaining vanilla cookies and strawberry wafer cookies into coarse crumbs.
- Sprinkle topping generously over cheesecake.
- Refrigerate at least 240 minutes until fully set.
- Decorate with whipped topping before serving if desired.
Notes
For a fun twist, substitute the strawberry gelatin with other fruit-flavored gelatin.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 60mg