Patriotic and Christmas Gelatin Salad
This salad/dessert takes about 6 hours to put together, plus some time to fully set after that. Be sure to allow plenty of time before you plan to serve this one!
Ingredients
- 2 3-ounce packages of berry blue-flavored gelatin
- 2 3-ounce packages of strawberry-flavored gelatin
- 4 cups boiling water, divided
- 2 1/2 cups cold water, divided
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups sour cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Preparation
Step 1
In four separate bowls, dissolve each package of gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Add 1/2 cup cold water to each and stir. Pour one bowl of colored gelatin into an oiled 10 inch fluted tube pan; chill until almost set, about 30 minutes. set other three bowls of gelatin aside. Soften unflavored gelatin in remaining cold water; let stand 5 minutes. Heat milk in a saucepan over medium heat just below boiling. Stir in softened gelatin and sugar until sugar is dissolved. remove from heat; stir in sour cream and vanilla until smooth. When gelatin in pan is almost set, carefully spoon 1 1/2 cups of sour cream mixture over it. Chill until amost set. Then spoon one bowl of the other color over cream layer. Chill. Continue to alternate between the two colors, putting a layer of white cream between each colored layer. Then finally chill several hours or overnight.