Red, White & Blue Cream Cheese Dessert Recipe

Red White amp Blue Cream Cheese Dessert Recipe

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A layer of strawberries and blueberries provide lots of flavor for this cream cheese dessert, along with plenty of color. This scrumptious dessert is perfect for a 4th of July celebration.

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Ingredients

FRESH BLUEBERRY SAUCE:
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
2/3 cup water
3 cups blueberries
Zest from one lemon
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
DESSERT:
2 packages cream cheese, softened (8 ounce pkg)
1 package Cool Whip (12 ounce pkg)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
1 pound sliced strawberries
1 package strawberry glaze (small tub)
1 box graham crackers

Container:9 x 13 baking dish

Directions

FRESH BLUEBERRY SAUCE:

In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch, salt, cinnamon, and water. Stir until smooth and then add the blueberries. Cook over medium heat until sauce becomes translucent and has thickened.
Remove from the heat; add the lemon zest and juice. Stir until well mixed; set aside until cooled.

DESSERT:

Combine cream cheese, Cool Whip, vanilla and sugar in a large mixing bowl. Mix until smooth and set aside.
In a separate mixing bowl, combine strawberry glaze and sliced strawberries; set aside.
Place a layer of whole graham crackers in the bottom of a 9x13" pan. Spread half of the cream cheese mixture over the graham crackers. Add another layer of crackers; then spread a thin layer of the cream cheese mixture on top of the second layer of graham crackers.
Pour the cooled blueberry sauce on top and spread out evenly.
Then carefully spread the remaining cream cheese mixture over the blueberry sauce.
Spread the strawberries and glaze on top of the cream cheese mixture.
Cover and freeze for several hours; then remove and cut into pieces before it freezes completely (this will make it easier to cut). Return to the freezer until ready to serve.

Note: You may want to wait to cover the dessert until the top is frozen so that your foil or plastic wrap does not stick to the strawberry topping.

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Reviewed By Gama

"This dessert was delicious. It was a little work to make up the blueberry sauce but well worth it. The recipe said to place the finished dessert in the freezer so I did but wondered why. It was good frozen but hard to eat. I don't see why it needed to be frozen. I think it would be great just refrigerated so it was easier to eat. I will try just refrigerating it the next time."