Broken Glass Dessert Recipes

Steps:

• Place lime, orange, and strawberry gelatin mixes into 3 separate 9x9-inch glass dishes.
• Pour 1 cup boiling water into each flavor of gelatin mix; stir the gelatin until dissolved.
• Pour 1 cup cold water into each flavor of gelatin, stir to combine, and refrigerate the 3 flavors of gelatin until set, at least 4 hours.
• Heat pineapple juice in a saucepan until hot but not simmering. Stir unflavored gelatin into pineapple juice until dissolved. Refrigerate pineapple juice mixture until cool and thickened, about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
• Mix graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, and brown sugar together in a bowl. Set 1 cup of crumb mixture aside for garnish. Press remaining 2 cups crumb mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch cake pan to make a crust.
• Pour cream into a large metal mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until the cream is fluffy and forms soft peaks, about 3 minutes. Slowly beat sugar into whipped cream, 1 or 2 tablespoons at a time; beat in vanilla extract.
• Cut the different flavors of gelatin into cubes. Use a thin spatula to lift the cubes away from the bottom of the dish and loosen them.
• Very gently fold the thickened pineapple juice and gelatin cubes into the whipped cream mixture until thoroughly combined. Spoon into the graham cracker crust.
• Sprinkle the cake with reserved graham cracker crumb mixture.
• Refrigerate until set, at least 3 hours to overnight.

Steps:

• 1. Day before serving: Prepare the 3 fruit flavored gelatins according to package directions. Pour into 3 shallow pans and put into refrigerator to set.
• 2. Next day: Mix 1-3/4 cups of the vanilla wafer crumbs with the 1/2 cup of sugar and melted margarine. Mix to form a crust for your 9x13 dish, going up the sides and bottom of the dish.
• 3. Dissolve the unflavored gelatin in the cold water. Set aside for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the fruit juice, when hot, add the unflavored gelatin to mix. Cool.
• 4. Once cooled, fold this mixture into the whipped topping. Cut prepared gelatins into small cubes and fold this into the whipped topping mix.
• 5. Pour the mixture into the crumb-lined dish. Top with remaining crumbs. Refrigerate overnight before serving.

Steps:

• Combine the crumbs, sugar and butter; press onto the bottom of a 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch greased pan.
• Chill.
• Combine lime gelatin and 1 1/2 cups boiling water; stir until gelatin is dissolved.
• Pour into an oiled 8 inch x 4 inch x 2 inch loaf pan; chill until very firm.
• Repeat for strawberry and orange gelatins.
• Soften the unflavored gelatin in cold water.
• Boil pineapple juice; stir into unflavored gelatin.
• Set aside until slightly thickened.
• Place whipped topping in a large bowl; gently fold in pineapple juice mixture.
• When flavored gelatins are firm, cut into 1-inch cubes; gently fold into whipped topping mixture.
• Spoon over crust.
• Chill for at least 2 hours.

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the three flavors of gelatin separately. using 1 cup boiling water and 1/2 cup cold water for each. Pour each flavor into a 8 inch square pan. Chill until firm or overnight.
• 2. Mix pineapple juice and sugar. Heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Dissolve the lemon gelatin in the hot juice; then add 1/2 cup cold water. Chill until slightly thickened.
• 3. Meanwhile, prepare graham cracker crust or lady fingers to line a 9 inch spring-form pan. Graham Cracker Crust: 1 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs, 1/3 cup melted butter Mix crumbs and butter; press into bottom of 9 inch spring-form pan.
• 4. Cut the firm gelatin into 1/2 cubes. Blend lemon gelatin with Cool Whip. Fold in gelatin cubes. Pour into pan. Chill at least 5 hours or overnight.
• 5. Run knife or spatula between sides of dessert and pan, and remove sides of pan before serving. Can be served with more Cool Whip.
• 6. If lining pan with ladyfingers, use about 18 ladyfingers, split. Line the bottom of the pans; then line the sides of the pan with the remaining ladyfingers.

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve orange gelatin in 1-1/2 cups boiling water. Pour into an 8-in. square dish coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate until set. Repeat with lime gelatin and raspberry gelatin, placing each in a separate 8-in. square dish., In a saucepan, combine unflavored gelatin and cold water; let stand for 1 minute. Add lemon juice. Heat over low heat, stirring until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from the heat; cool., In a bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and sugar; stir in butter. Reserve 1/2 cup for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture into a 13-in. x 9-in. dish coated with cooking spray; set aside., Cut the orange, lime and raspberry gelatins into 1-in. cubes. In a large bowl, beat cream until stiff. Fold in unflavored gelatin mixture, then fold in flavored gelatin cubes. Transfer to prepared dish. Sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until set.