Creamy Cranberry Salad Recipe

This delicious salad is a tasty dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas! Plan ahead, this salad requires prep the night before and the day you serve! So unique and always a hit!

Creamy Cranberry Salad

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I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!

We are expecting snow in Minnesota tonight and tomorrow, so Ella and I will be at home trying out some new recipes after we go see Santa later today!

We tend to hibernate at home a lot during the winter, so it's always a perfect time to try some new recipes.

Ella just loves to help whenever possible and I love that I can teach her new traditions, especially around the holidays.


There's nothing like cooking and baking when it's cold outside. Comfort foods are SO much better in the wintertime than summer.

This cranberry salad is such a beautiful dessert and is so perfect for any holiday meal or party! I brought it to Thanksgiving at my Mom's house and we all really liked it.

I made it again and brought it for all my co-workers to try, and they all loved it too and requested the recipe to make at their next holiday party.

It's easy to make, but make sure to allow the time of prepping the fruit part of the salad the evening before serving.

I just love anything with cranberries. The tartness is absolutely delicious to me and you can use them in SO many different types of recipes whether sweet or savory.


This recipe is especially good with the cream and the fruit mixed together. I love raspberry, so I used raspberry jello, but you can use pretty much any red jello for this recipe.

Other recipes with cranberries you may like:

• Cranberry Citrus Almond Holiday Punch
• Cranberry Jalapeno Jam
• Raspberry Cranberry Sauce
• Turkey and Cranberry Thanksgiving Quesadillas
• Cranberry Vinaigrette
• Crockpot Cranberry Cider

This recipe is just too easy to make

• Bring the water to a boil, stir in jello and cool
• Process cranberries in a processor. 
• In a bowl, pour cranberries over sugar, stir
• Stir cooled jello in the cranberries and add pineapple, juice, apple and pecans
• Mix, cover and refrigerate overnight
• Whip the cream and beat in the cream cheese 
• In a glass serving dish, layer the cranberries and cream
• Cover and refrigerate

Full recipe below

What readers are saying about this recipe:

• Anna- This salad has become a staple at Thanksgiving and Christmas. It is delicious.

Looking for more dessert recipes using cream cheese?

• Lemon Angel Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Almond Cream Cheese Bars
• Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
• Apple Cinnamon Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
• Cream Cheese Brownies
• No Bake Oreo Pie

Things you may need for this recipe:

• Fun Glass Serving Bowl
• Mini Glass Serving Bowls
• Gold Serving Spoons

One year ago

• Slow Cooker Snow Flake Hot Cocoa

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we did!



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Creamy Cranberry Salad

Yield: 8 servings

Author: Hot Eats and Cool Reads

ingredients:

• 3/4 cup water
• 1- 6 ounce package red jello (I used raspberry)
• 1- 12 ounce bag fresh cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1- 8 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
• 3/4 cup orange juice
• 1 apple with peel, grated
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 2 cups whipping cream
• 1- 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened

instructions:

1. Bring the water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in jello and cool.
2. Process cranberries in a food processor or blender. In a bowl, pour cranberries over sugar. Stir to dissolve.
3. Stir cooled jello in the cranberries and add pineapple, juice, apple and pecans. Mix well, cover and refrigerate overnight.
4. In a bowl, whip the cream with a mixer, then beat in the cream cheese.
5. In a glass serving dish, layer half the cranberries, the whipped cream and then the remaining cranberries.
6. Cover and refrigerate until serving.

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