Holiday Cranberry Gelatin Salad Recipes

SCOTT'S HOLIDAY CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Grease a ring mold with 1 tablespoon creamy salad dressing. Zest 1 orange and then peel both oranges.
• Place oranges, orange zest, cranberries, and apples together in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until coarsely chopped. Strain fruit pieces, reserving juice in a quart-size measuring cup. Add enough boiling water to measure 3 cups liquid.
• Dissolve unflavored gelatin in cold water in a large bowl. Pour water-juice mixture over unflavored gelatin. Add raspberry gelatin and 2 cups sugar; stir to dissolve completely. Stir in fruit mixture, grapes, and pecans. Pour gelatin mixture into prepared ring mold; chill 8 hours to overnight.
• Mix whipped topping, cream cheese, 3 tablespoons creamy salad dressing, and 2 teaspoons sugar together in a bowl until dressing is smooth.
• Dip chilled mold in a few inches of hot water to loosen gelatin from mold. Turn out onto a serving platter, garnish with parsley, and serve with dressing.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY GELATIN SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. In another bowl, combine cranberry sauce and remaining water; add gelatin mixture and lemon juice. Pour into a 13x9-in. dish coated with cooking spray; refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour., In a large bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. In another bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Stir in 1/2 cup whipped cream; fold in remaining whipped cream. Spread over gelatin mixture; sprinkle with pecans. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

CRANBERRY JELLO SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Open can of pineapple and drain pineapple, reserving juice. Pour juice into a 4 cup liquid measuring dish.
• Remove 1 Tablespoon of the crushed pineapple and set aside for garnish {if desired}
• Add enough cold water to pineapple juice until it measure 3 cups; pour int a large saucepan.
• Bring juice to a boil then remove from heat immediately.
• Add gelatin. Whisk mixture at least 2 minutes until completely dissolved.
• Add cranberry sauce and stir. {Gelatin mixture should be thick}.
• Pour mixture into a large bowl. Refrigerate 15 - 30 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• Remove from fridge and stir in pineapple, apples and walnuts; stir gently.
• Pour into a medium serving bowl. & refrigerate for 4 hours or until completely firm.
• Top with reserved crushed pineapple just before serving.
• Store leftover gelatin in refrigerator.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil.
• Add hot water to a med-large tempered bowl along with the orange juice and jello flavoring packets and disssolve thoroughly.
• Chill until syrupy (30-40 mins)in a 9 x 9 or 9 X 13 dish (the only slight difference will be the depth of salad).
• Chop celery finely in Food Processor, remove to a small dish and set aside.
• Peel rind close to the zest.
• Grind rind and cranberries in food processor until chopped ever so thinly (I remember when we chopped all by hand!).
• Add sugar and mix with cranberry mixture. I stir right into food processor for one less dish.
• When jello is syrupy, add cranberry mixture, nuts and finely chopped celery, mixing well in your dish.
• Or you can transfer into a mold.
• Refrigerate until firm (several hours).

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY SALAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, stir together the cranberries, pineapple (with juice) and sugar. Let stand for about an hour, to let sugar dissolve, and then pour the mixture into a strainer over a bowl. Let drain, covered, in the refrigerator for at least two hours, or overnight. (Note: The drippings make a wonderful cranberry punch, when mixed with lemon-lime soda!)
• Before serving, whip the cream until soft peaks form. (You can sweeten the whipped cream with a little sugar, if desired.) In a large bowl, mix together the cranberry mixture, walnuts and marshmallows. Fold in the whipped cream and store in refrigerator until serving.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY FRUIT SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, sprinkle unflavored gelatin over the 1 cup chilled juice. Let stand for 1 minute.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 1 cup juice to boiling. (I heat the juice in a glass measuring cup in the microwave for 2 minutes.).
• Stir the boiling juice into the gelatin mixture. Stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved.
• Refrigerate until chilled but not set.
• Remove from the refrigerator. Stir in the chopped cranberries, pineapple tidbits, grapes, chopped apple, marshmallows, and chopped pecans (optional).
• Chill until set, about 3 hours.

SO-SIMPLE CRANBERRY GELATIN SALAD

Steps:

• Lightly brush 6 1/2-cup ring mold or 1 1/2-quart decorative bowl with vegetable oil.
• In large bowl, pour boiling water on gelatin; stir until gelatin is dissolved. Stir in cranberry-orange sauce. Fold in raspberries. Pour into mold or bowl. Cover and refrigerate at least 6 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
• To unmold salad from ring mold, dip mold into hot water for 10 seconds. Place serving plate upside down onto mold; turn plate and mold over, then remove mold. Refrigerate salad until serving. If using decorative bowl, do not unmold; scoop salad from bowl to serve.