Red-Hot Gelatin Salad Recipe

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“This is my grandma’s recipe,” writes Paula Ptomey of Porterville, California. “My mother makes this salad just about every year during the holidays. It has a spicy cinnamon taste that is really good. Even my daughter, who is a picky eater, likes it.”

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Red-Hot Gelatin Salad Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 6 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package (3 ounces) cherry gelatin
1-1/2 cups boiling water, divided
1/4 cup red-hot candies
1/4 cup plus 1-1/2 teaspoons cold water
1 cup chopped tart apples
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

In a small bowl, dissolve gelatin in 1 cup boiling water. In another bowl, dissolve red-hots in remaining water; stir into gelatin. Stir in cold water. Refrigerate until slightly thickened, about 1 hour.
Fold in the apples, celery and walnuts. Pour into a 4-cup mold coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm. Yield: 6 servings.

Originally published as Red-Hot Gelatin Salad in Quick Cooking November/December 2005, p15