Grandma's Cranberry Salad

Recipe Rating:	31 Ratings5
Categories:	Fruit Sides, Fruit Salads, Gelatin Salads, Quick & Easy
Collections:	Thanksgiving Table

Ingredients

1 small	package of cherry jello (3oz box)
1 c	hot water
1 c	sugar
1 Tbsp	lemon juice
1 c	drained crushed pineapple (8oz can) (juice reserved)
1 c	pineapple juice (use the reserved juice and add water to make 1 cup)
1 c	ground cranberries
1	orange (ground)
1/2 c	pecans, chopped

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Leah Stacey

Well Seasoned

Montgomery, AL (pop. 205,764)

CookingMaven

Member Since Mar 2010

Leah's Notes:

I grew up with my grandmother and mom making this every year for the holidays. This is not your standard cranberry out of the can mush.You make it the night before and let it chill overnight. This is one less dish you have to make the next day. I have carried on the tradition and serve this for my family and friends. It is super yummy!

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

I always love the punch of color that cranberries add to a meal, and this delicious cranberry salad recipe really does the berry justice. Not only did we love the perfect balance of sweet and tart, but the chopped pecans added a wonderful crunch that we'd never had before in a cranberry salad.

Directions

boil the cup of water. Dissolve the jello in the hot water in an 8in square pan mix well. Add the sugar, lemon juice and pineapple juice. Stir to dissolve well.

Note: You can substitute the 8x8 dish and use a 9x13 dish, it seems to gel up a bit better that way.

Add the remaining ingredients and mix. Chill overnight.

Grandma's Notes:Chop up the pecans first before getting blender wet. Or you could just buy pre chopped pecans and save a step. Use the blender or food processor to chop up cranberries, then orange, seeded and partially peeled. The chopped peel gives it that special zing!

Comments

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Bonnie D. Utahn

Nov 12, 2010

Looks so wonderful!

Wendy Rusch snooksk9

Nov 12, 2010

mmmmmm I bet this is yummy!!! thanks!

Carole F BakersQueen

Nov 12, 2010

Yes it is..I have this recipe...it was given to me by my older sister. This is YUMMY!

Carole F BakersQueen

Nov 12, 2010

Wait the only thing that is different on the recipe I have for this is she uses Raspberry jello, and also adds frozen raspberries as well.

Leah Stacey CookingMaven

Nov 12, 2010

Thats funny Lynn! You should try it with the cherry jello! I agree it is YUMMY!

Carole F BakersQueen

Nov 12, 2010

Oh, I will for sure!!

Nancy R Robeyone

Nov 13, 2010

Thanks Leah, this looks and sounds great!

FREDA GABLE cookin4me

Nov 13, 2010

Leah, this sounds toooo yummmy. great picture also. Thanks for adding a photo sure helps us, to see what it should look like.

Angie Ross meannessiam

Nov 22, 2010

This sounds just like a recipe we used to have. It was my mom's favorite & we lost the recipe years ago, so won't she be surprised this Thanksgiving. Thanks for sharing.

Leah Stacey CookingMaven