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Red, White & Blue Cream Cheese Dessert - Recipe

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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Red, White & Blue Cream Cheese Dessert Recipe
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.
 
 
Container: 9 x 13 baking dish
Servings: 18
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