pretzel salad

Name: Pretzel Salad
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup(s) crushed pretzels; 3/4 cup(s) margarine, melted; 3 tablespoon(s) sugar; 1 package(s) cream cheese (8 oz); 1 cup(s) sugar; 1 - (8 oz) frozen cool-whip topping, thawed; 1 package(s) strawberry gelatin (6 oz); 2 cup(s) boiling water; 2 package(s) (10 oz) frozen strawberries

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Leslie Holt

Franklin, TN

Updated on Aug 10, 2010

Not your usual salad, but delicious nonetheless!

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Blue Ribbon Recipe

Salad? Dessert? Either! This sweet, fruity treat would be right at home with your meal or as the perfect dinnertime ending. To keep the cream cheese mixture from sticking to your spatula as you spread it, just run it under hot water. Does the trick every time!

— The Test Kitchen

prep time 35 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Bake

yield

Ingredients

2 cups crushed pretzels
3/4 cup margarine, melted
3 tablespoons sugar
1 package cream cheese (8 oz)
1 cup sugar
1 - (8 oz) frozen cool-whip topping, thawed
1 package strawberry gelatin (6 oz)
2 cups boiling water
2 packages (10 oz) frozen strawberries

How To Make pretzel salad

Step 1

Mix crushed pretzels, margarine and 3 Tablespoons sugar together and press into a 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 400 for 8 minutes. Cool.

Step 2

Mix softened cream cheese and 1 cup sugar. Fold the 2 cups thawed whipping topping into cream cheese mixture and spread over cooled pretzel crust. Dissolve strawberry gelatin in bioling water and add frozen strawberries. Chill until syrupy, then pour over the cream cheese layer and refrigerate. Cut into squares and garnish with whipped topping and a whole strawberry. Enjoy!
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