Thursday, February 27, 2014

Recipe for the Day ~ Fluffy Grasshopper Pie


Fluffy Grasshopper Pie

Ingredients:

2/3 cups boiling water
1 pkg (4 oz serving size) Jell-O Brand Lime flavor gelatin
1/2 cold water
Ice Cubes
2 Tbspn green Creme de Menthe Liquor (OR use 1/2 tspn peppermint extract)
2 Tbspn white Creme de Menthe Liquor (OR use 1/2 tspn peppermint extract)
1 Tub (8oz) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed
1 9-inch baked pastry shell, cooled

Directions:

Stir boiling water into gelatin in a large bowl for at least 2 minutes until it's completely dissolved
Combine cold water and ice cubes to make 1 1/4 cup
Add to gelatin, stirring until slightly thickened
Remove any unmelted ice
Gently stir in liquor (or peppermint extract) in the Cool Whip container
Stir into gelatin
Beat until smooth
Refrigerate until mixture will mound
Spoon into pie shell
Refrigerate for 2 hours
Garnish with chocolate curls or mint sprigs 

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