Recipe - Rainbow Ribbons Refrigerator Cookies

15 One fourth cup Boiling water
5 pack Jello brand gelatin
dessert; (4 svg. size) any
5 different flavors
1 cup Breakstone's sour cream (1/2
pint); OR Breyers vanilla
lowfat yogurt

STIR 1 One fourth cups boiling water into 1 flavor of gelatin in small bowl at
least 2 minutes until completely dissolved. Pour One fourth cup of the dissolved
gelatin into 6cup ring mold. Refrigerate about 15 minutes until set but
not firm (gelatin should stick to finger when touched and should mound).
Refrigerate remaining gelatin in bowl about 5 minutes until slightly
thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites). Gradually stir in 3
tablespoons of the sour cream. Spoon over gelatin in pan. Refrigerate about
15 minutes or until set but not firm (gelatin should stick to finger when
touched and should mound).

MEANWHILE, repeat process with each remaining gelatin flavor. (Be sure to
cool dissolved gelatin to room temperature before pouring into mold.)
Refrigerate gelatin as directed to create a total of 10 alternating clear
and creamy gelatin layers.

REFRIGERATE 2 hours or until firm. Unmold. Garnish as desired.

Happily scanned and "Busted" by Pamela Creeden April 16, 1998

NOTES : Gelatin recipes with layers of different flavors and textures date
back to the early 1900's when they were called Neapolitans. They were
often molded in loaf pans and served in slices to show the rainbow effect.
A real showpiece for a buffet or dinner party.
Recipe by: Jello® Celebrating 100 Years, p.48

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by "Pamela Creeden" creedenites@sprintmail.com
on Apr 16, 1998