Grandma Ferrel's Orange Jell-O

You never know when something will become a tradition, and Grandma Ferrel's orange Jell-o did.  Grandma would make it for Thanksgiving and other special occasions and my children loved it!  They were especially grateful and looked forward to having something they liked to eat amid other seemingly mysterious new foods at Thanksgiving.  Now that grandma has passed away, I get requests for her Orange Jell-O

Grandma Ferrel's orange Jell-O has some special changes to it.  She adds orange juice instead of the cold water at the end, and she also adds some mandarin oranges to the top.  Not only does this make a delicious flavor, but it adds a good amount of vitamin C (for all you health nuts out there).  When you put this orange Jell-O with a Thanksgiving meal with warm turkey and mashed potatoes, it adds a nice cold and sweet pallet cleanser.  Add some cool-whip, or whip cream and you've got a perfect little treat that adult and children love.



Orange Jell-0

Boil 2 cups of water

Add 6 oz box of Orange Jell-O mix (the larger box)

Stir until it dissolves

Add 1 3/4 Cups cold orange juice (instead of water)

Pour into a 9x12 Glass pan

Add 2 cans of drained Mandarin oranges  (make sure they are drained well, you don't want any extra water or the jello won't set)

Put it in the fridge for 2.5 to 3 hours (keep the pan flat) 

When you pull it out, you can add Cool-Whip to the top or set it next to the Jell-O and people can choose to put it on or not. (That's what I do)  


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