Grandma Freel's Cranberry Salad

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

This recipe for cranberry salad with celery, apples, pecans, and cherry JELL-O® will be the hit of your holiday table.

Ingredients

1 pound fresh cranberries
2 cups white sugar
1 1/2 cups water
2 (3 ounce) packages cherry-flavored gelatin (such as JELL-O®)
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
1 1/2 cups chopped, peeled apple
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1 Stir cranberries, sugar, and water together in a saucepan; cook over medium heat, stirring often, until most of the berries have popped open, about 20 minutes.
2 Remove saucepan from heat. Stir gelatin into the cranberries mixture until dissolved completely; add celery, apple, and pecans and stir. Pour into a glass 13x9-inch dish.
3 Refrigerate until set in the center, 10 to 12 hours.