Recipe Review: Strawberry Shortcake Squares

Last night P and I made this:  Strawberry Shortcake Squares

We were originally going to make banana pudding but since we had just bought the bananas I thought maybe they were not ripe enough so we decided to make something else. So I went to the Nabisco website and found this recipe. Decided to try it since we had all the ingredients.

Here is the recipe:

Strawberry Shortcake Squares

Prep Time: 15 min

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 min

Makes: 2 doz. or 24 servings, 1 square each

64 NILLA Wafers, divided

1/4 cup sugar, divided

5 Tbsp. margarine or butter, melted

2-1/2 cups cold milk

2 pkg. (4-serving size each) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling

1-1/2 cups (1/2 of 8-oz. tub) thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

3 cups sliced strawberries

CRUSH 40 of the wafers; mix with 3 Tbsp. of the sugar and the margarine until well blended. Press firmly onto bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan; set aside.

POUR milk into large bowl. Add dry pudding mixes. Beat with wire whisk 2 min. or until well blended. Gently stir in whipped topping. Spread half of the pudding mixture over crust; top with remaining 24 wafers. Cover with remaining pudding mixture.

REFRIGERATE at least 3 hours. Meanwhile, toss strawberries with remaining 1 Tbsp. sugar. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Cut dessert into 24 squares. Serve each square topped with about 2 Tbsp. of the strawberry mixture. Refrigerate leftovers.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories 140 Total fat 6g Saturated fat 2g Cholesterol 5mg Sodium 200mg Carbohydrate 21g Dietary fiber 1g Sugars 15g Protein 1g Vitamin A 4%DV Vitamin C 20%DV Calcium 4%DV Iron 0%DV

 
Our review:  Well, I guess it is going to have to be my review because after three hours of chilling everyone else was in bed!  I thought it was pretty good. It was super easy to make and really didn't take that long. P loved helping crush the cookies and she did a pretty good job.  Next time I think I would use a few more cookies for the bottom crust as it was a little thin in spots. If it were a little thicker I think it would come out of the pan better. Overall all I would make it again so it is a keeper!