Fresh Cranberry Jello Salad

Total Time: 5 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 1 (10 ounce) package fresh cranberries or 1 (10 ounce) package frozen cranberries, picked over and washed
• 4 cups water
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups sugar
• 9 ounces strawberry jell-o gelatin dessert (3 small boxes)
• 4 cups miniature marshmallows
• 2 cups red apples, diced
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 (9 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 3 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges, drained
• 1 -2 cup green seedless grapes or 1 -2 cup red seedless grapes, halved

Recipe

• 1 cook cranberries in the 4 cups water to a boil.
• 2 add soda and stir and enjoy watching it bubble up.
• 3 simmer 10 minutes.
• 4 stir in sugar, jello, and marshmallows.
• 5 stir until melted.
• 6 let mixture cool.
• 7 add apples, nuts, pineapple, oranges, and grapes.
• 8 pour into one 9" x 13" pan and one 8" x 8" pan.
• 9 chill until firm.