Francine's Texas Cuisine

 

Cherry-Cran Salad   1 3/4 cups water 1/4 cup sugar 16 ounce package pitted cherries 16 ounce can jellied cranberry sauce 6 ounce package cherry flavored gelatin 2 tablespoons chopped nuts 3 ounce package lemon flavored gelatin 1 cup boiling water 3 ounces cream cheese 1/3 cup mayonnaise 8 1/4 ounce can crushed pineapple 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped 1 cup tiny marshmallows   In saucepan combine 1 3/4 cups water and sugar, bring to boiling, stirring until sugar dissolves. Stir in cherries. Return mixture to boiling, reduce heat and simmer covered, 10 minutes. Meanwhile with fork mash cranberry sauce, then stir in cherry mixture along with cherry-flavored gelatin. Cook and stir until both are dissolved. Turn mixture into 13x9x2 inch baking dish. Chill until mixture is almost set. Meanwhile, dissolve lemon-flavored gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. Beat cream cheese with mayonnaise; gradually add lemon gelatin. Stir in undrained crushed pineapple. Chill until almost set. Fold whip cream into lemon mix with marshmallows. Spread on cherry mix. Sprinkle with nuts. Chill. Serves 16.

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