Dessert / Cake: Grandma Millie Puza's Orange Banana Cheese Refrigerator Cake

From Sharon Ward
Note: Grandma Puza’s recipe notes that this recipe is “very good”.

Ingredients
Graham Cracker Crust
18 graham cracker, crushed (divided)
½ cup melted oleo
1/3 cup sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Filling
1 (3 oz) package orange Jell-o
1 cup boiling water
1 (8 oz) package cream cheese
3 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 cup sugar
2 minced bananas
12 oz carton Cool Whip

Directions
For the crust: Roll fine -- 18 graham crackers & mix with 1/2 cup melted oleo, 1/3 cup sugar, 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Line 9 X 13 pan; save 1/2 cup of crust mixture for the top.

For the filling: Dissolve one (3 oz) package orange Jell-o with 1 cup boiling water, cool to room temperature.

In large mix bowl, cream 8 oz softened cream cheese with 3 Tablespoons
lemon juice (real lemon), 1 cup sugar, 2 minced bananas. Beat mixture with electric beater until bananas are well mixed in. Add cooled Jell-o to cream cheese mixture; mix well and set in refrigerator in large bowl until quite thick like egg whites. Fold in one room temperature 12 oz carton cool whip (13-1/2 is okay).

Pour into lined pan; sprinkle saved crumbs on top. Refrigerate 12 hours or over night.