Mrs. Claus' Christmas & Holiday Side Dishes - Recipes for Cranberry Salad

Cranberry Salad

From the kitchen of Betty Hartley

Ingredients

1 pound fresh cranberries
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large seedless oranges
4 to 5 stalks celery
5 large apples
2 large packages cherry Jell-O
water

Directions

  1. Wash and grind cranberries through food grinder. Put sugar over berries and set aside.

  2. Wash and cut oranges into sections (unpeeled) and put oranges through food grinder.

  3. Put celery stalks through food grinder. Mix oranges and celery into ground cranberries. Stir well.

  4. Mix Jell-O with 2 cups boiling water and mix well.

  5. Add 4 cups cold water (liquid from cranberry mixture will add more liquid).

  6. Add cranberry mixture to Jell-O. Peel and chop apples into quite small pieces and then add to Jell-O mixture. Mix well and place into molds or other dishes for serving. Place in refrigerator until firm.