Originally Posted by Alondra

Hi, Crafty Bear. Here's how I make my cranberry jello salad, and everyone raves about it.

Put a pound of cranberries in a big pot with 3/4 to 1 cup sugar and a little lemon juice and 1 cup water. Cook until the berries begin to pop. It will firm up as it cools.

Using one or two boxes of cranberry (or strawberry) Jello, add 1-1½ cup boiling water per box of Jello and dissolve well. Add the cranberries, 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts. 1-2 apples diced, and 1-2 unpeeled oranges, washed well and diced. Pour into a 9x13 pyrex baking pan and chill overnight. You can also add some crushed pineapple, if you like. The orange peel provides a perfect foil for all that sugar.