Saturday, January 10, 2009

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

This is a traditional side dish at the Cook family Thanksgiving dinner table.

Crust:
3 cups broken pretzels
1/4 cup melted butter
1 Tbs. sugar

Mix together and press into a 9x13 pan. Bake at 400* for 6 minutes. Let it cool.

1 cup sugar
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. Cool Whip
1 6-oz. strawberry jello
1 1/2 c boiling water
1 16-oz. pkg. strawberries, thawed and slightly smashed

Cream 1 cup sugar and cream cheese, fold in cool whip and spread on cooled down crust. Mix Jello and water, add strawberries. Cool and pour over cream cheese mixture. Chill before serving. Top with more Cool whip and strawberries when serving.

1 comment:

LBP said...

I love this salad. It is always served when we have cookouts. That salty-sweet flavor is one of my favorites!

Blessings

Linda