Strawberry Cream Cheese Squares

Ingredients (11)

• + ½ cup salted butter, at room temperature add to pantry
• + ½ cup powdered sugar add to pantry
• + 1 teaspoon vanilla extract add to pantry
• ✓ 1 cup all-purpose flour
• + 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened add to pantry
• + 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping (such as Cool Whip®), thawed add to pantry
• ✓ ½ cup water
• + ¼ cup white sugar add to pantry
• ✓ 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• + ½ (3 ounce) package strawberry-flavored gelatin (such as Jell-O®) add to pantry
• + 2 cups sliced fresh strawberries add to pantry