Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Raspberry Pretzel Salad

Crust
2 c. pretzels, crushed
3 T. sugar
3/4 c. margarine, melted
2/3 c. pecans, chopped (optional)

Pre-heat oven to 375*.  Mix together pretzels, sugar, pecans and margarine.  Press into 9 x 13 pan, bake for 7 min.  Cool completely.

1 (8 oz) pkg. cream cheese (softened)
1 c. sugar
1 lg. container Cool Whip
1 lg. pkg. raspberry jell-o
1-2 pkgs. frozen raspberries

Blend cream cheese, cup of sugar and 1/2 of Cool Whip.  Spread over cooled pretzels and chill.  Dissolve Jell-o in 2 cups boiling water.  Add frozen raspberries; chill until almost set.  Pour over cream cheese mixture.  Chill until Jell-o is set.  Spread remaining Cool Whip on top and serve.

NOTE: The recipe calls for a large container of Cool Whip; half mixed with the cream cheese and the other half on top.  I personally felt like it was over kill on the Cool whip and chose not to put the remaining half on top of my salad.  You could get away with using a regular Cool Whip container if you would like.

1 comment:

Knutson Family said...

My Grandma made this one for Thanksgiving last week, but she did it with strawberries. It was so good I almost burst into tears when I took the first bite.