Fresh Cranberry Jello Salad
- 1 (10 ounce) package fresh cranberries or (10 ounce) package frozen cranberries, picked over and washed
- 4 cups water
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups sugar
- 9 ounces strawberry Jell-O gelatin dessert (3 small boxes)
- 4 cups miniature marshmallows
- 2 cups red apples, diced
- 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
- 1 (9 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
- 3 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
- 1 -2 cup green seedless grapes or 1 -2 cup red seedless grapes, halved
- Cook cranberries in the 4 cups water to a boil.
- Add soda and stir and enjoy watching it bubble up.
- Simmer 10 minutes.
- Stir in sugar, jello, and marshmallows.
- Stir until melted.
- Let mixture cool.
- Add apples, nuts, pineapple, oranges, and grapes.
- Pour into one 9" x 13" pan and one 8" x 8" pan.
- Chill until firm.
fresh cranberries, water, baking soda, sugar, strawberry, marshmallows, red apples, nuts, pineapple, mandarin oranges, grapes
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fresh-cranberry-jello-salad-104490 (may not work)