Cranberry Salad In Raspberry Gelatin With Cream Cheese Topping

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serves/makes:

ready in:
2-5 hrs

ingredients

1 pound fresh cranberries
1 can (20 ounce size) crushed pineapple
1/2 cup walnut pieces
2 packages raspberry gelatin powder
2 cups boiling water
1 cup cold water
1 3/4 cup sugar
2 packages (8 ounce size) cream cheese

directions

Pick over cranberries. Chop cranberries in food processor until fine. Mix cranberries with sugar and let stand until sugar dissolves.

Add the boiling water into gelatin, and stir until the gelatin dissolves. Then add the cold water to the jello mixture. Let stand until cooled.

Drain pineapple and reserve the juice. Add the pineapple, cranberries, and walnuts, and stir well.

Pour into 9x13 dish. Chill to set.

With a mixer, blend enough reserved pineapple juice into the cream cheese, until it becomes the consistency of whipped cream. Spread over the top of the chilled gelatin. Keep cold.