Patriotic Gelatin Salad

Total Time: 7 hrs Preparation Time: 7 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 (3 ounce) packages berry blue gelatin mix
• 2 (3 ounce) packages strawberry 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 extract

Recipe

• 1 in four separate bowls, dissolve each package of gelatin into 1 cup boiling water.
• 2 add ½ cup cold water to each and stir.
• 3 pour one bowl of blue gelatin into an oiled 10-inch fluted tube pan.
• 4 chill until almost set (about 30 minutes).
• 5 set other 3 bowls of gelatin aside at room temperature.
• 6 combine unflavored gelatin in remaining ½ cup cold water; let stand 5 minutes.
• 7 heat milk in saucepan over medium heat (just below boiling).
• 8 stir in softened unflavored gelatin and sugar until sugar is dissolved.
• 9 remove from heat; stir in sour cream and vanilla until smooth.
• 10 when blue gelatin in pan is almost set, carefully spoon in 1 ½ cups of the sour cream mixture over blue layer.
• 11 chill until almost set (about 30 minutes).
• 12 carefully spoon 1 bowl of red gelatin over cream layer.
• 13 chill until almost set (about 30 minutes).
• 14 repeat process, adding layers of blue gelatin, cream mixture, and strawberry gelatin, chilling for at least 30 minutes between each.
• 15 chill several hours or over night before serving.