Taste of Home
Red-Hot Gelatin Salad
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. + chilling
YIELD: 6 servings.
“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.”
Ingredients
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1 package (3 ounces) cherry gelatin
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1-1/2 cups boiling water, divided
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1/4 cup red-hot candies
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1/4 cup plus 1-1/2 teaspoons cold water
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1 cup chopped tart apples
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1 cup chopped celery
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
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1.
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.
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2.
Fold in the apples, celery and walnuts. Pour into a 4-cup mold coated with cooking spray. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until firm.
Nutrition Facts
1/2 cup: 165 calories, 6g fat (1g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 46mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (22g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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