Holiday Best Cranberry Jello Salad

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 cup finely chopped celery
• 1 (16 ounce) package raw cranberries
• 1 orange, rind of
• 1 cup sugar
• 6 ounces raspberry jell-o gelatin (orange or cranberry jello will work, too)
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup orange juice
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans or 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Recipe

• 1 bring water to a boil.
• 2 add hot water to a med-large tempered bowl along with the orange juice and jello flavoring packets and disssolve thoroughly.
• 3 chill until syrupy (30-40 mins)in a 9 x 9 or 9 x 13 dish (the only slight difference will be the depth of salad).
• 4 chop celery finely in food processor, remove to a small dish and set aside.
• 5 peel rind close to the zest.
• 6 grind rind and cranberries in food processor until chopped ever so thinly (i remember when we chopped all by hand!).
• 7 add sugar and mix with cranberry mixture. i stir right into food processor for one less dish.
• 8 when jello is syrupy, add cranberry mixture, nuts and finely chopped celery, mixing well in your dish.
• 9 or you can transfer into a mold.
• 10 refrigerate until firm (several hours).