Keepa Orange Jelly And Baskets

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 8 teaspoons plain gelatin
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 cup orange juice
• 8 oranges
• 1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped

Recipe

• 1 soak gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water for about five minutes.
• 2 stir in 1/2 cup boiling water.
• 3 add sugar and stir until dissolved.
• 4 add lemon juice and orange juice. stir.
• 5 pour into 8 inch square pan. (you can spray it with cooking spray before adding the jello.)
• 6 refrigerate.
• 7 while the gelatin is setting up, make the orange baskets.
• 8 take good or medium size oranges.
• 9 with the point of a sharp knife trace a handle over the bud end of the oranges, then trace the remainder of the basket. cut and dig out the orange pulp, leaving the peel to form the basket.
• 10 the handle and top of basket may be scalloped and the handle tied with small bows of ribbon, or twine a small spray of smilax over the handle.
• 11 when the gelatin is set, cut in cubes and pile them up in orange baskets. add whipped cream.