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Classic Cranberry Salad
Classic Cranberry Salad is tart, sweet and chock-full of chopped pecans and mini marshmallows, you can level up your cranberry sauce this year by turning it into this simple, sweet cranberry salad!
Course
Salad
Cuisine
American
Prep Time
15
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
5
minutes
minutes
Chill Time
5
hours
hours
Total Time
5
hours
hours
20
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
Author
Nichole
Ingredients
3
Cups
Water
1
6-oz Packet Strawberry or Raspberry Jell-O
1
14-oz Can Cranberry Sauce
1
teaspoon
of lemon juice
1
Cup
Chopped Pecans
1/2
Cup
Chopped Walnuts
2
Cups
Mini Marshmallows
Instructions
Heat 1 1/2 Cups of the water in a medium saucepan over high heat until it boils then remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the Jell-O mix.
Whisk in the remaining 1 ½ cup of water, cranberry sauce and lemon juice until fully combined then stir in the pecans and walnuts.
Let the Jell-O mix cool for 30 minutes then stir in the marshmallows and pour the mixture into a 2-quart container.
Cover tightly and refrigerate for 4-8 hours then serve.