Cherry-ladyfinger dessert

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
16ouncesCherries, red sour; pitted
½cupSugar
3ouncesGelatin, cherry flavored
½pintCream, whipping
1packLadyfingers; 3 oz. pkg.
Cream, whipped; optional
Cherries, maraschino; opt.

Directions

Drain cherries, reserving juice, set cherries aside. Measure cherry juice and add enough hot water to make 1 cup; combine with sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Dissolve gelatin in hot liquid; chill until mixture is slightly thick.

Whip cream and fold into thickened, cooked gelatin mixture. Fold in cherries. Line bottom of 8-inch square pan with halved ladyfingers.

Spread cherry mixture evenly over ladyfingers. Refrigerate overnight. To serve, garnish with whipped cream and maraschino cherries, if desired.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the 1970s. Typos by Nancy Coleman.

Submitted By NANCY COLEMAN On 04-25-95