This strawberry pretzel salad is an easy and decorative three-layer dish consisting of a pretzel crust, a cream cheese center, and a Jell-O topping. It's just plain delicious.
Ingredients
- pretzels: 2 cups (crushed)
- margarine: 0.75 cup (melted)
- white sugar: 2 tsp
- cream cheese: 1 pack (8 ounce pack)
- white sugar: 0.75 cup
- ½ ounces frozen whipped topping: 4 piece (thawed)
- strawberry flavored Jell-O®: 1 pack (6 ounce pack)
- boiling water: 2 cups
- frozen strawberries: 2 packages (10 ounce packages)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
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In a medium bowl, mix crushed pretzels, margarine, and sugar.
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Press crushed pretzel mixture into the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish, and bake in the preheated oven, 8 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
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Blend together cream cheese and sugar. Fold in whipped topping and spread evenly over cooled pretzel mixture.
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In a medium bowl, dissolve strawberry-flavored gelatin in boiling water. Mix in strawberries and set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
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Pour gelatin mixture over cream cheese mixture and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.
