Ruth Lyons Cranberry Salad

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups cranberries
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (3 ounce) package cherry jell-o
• celery (optional)
• apple (optional)
• nuts (optional)
• grapes (optional)
• orange (optional)
• pineapple (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cook cranberries in water until the cranberries pop.
• 2 add sugar and salt.
• 3 cook 5 minutes.
• 4 pour over dry jello.
• 5 stir.
• 6 cool.
• 7 add any of the optional ingredients you like.
• 8 my personal favorites are celery, apples, orange (canned mandarin) and crushed pineapple.
• 9 canned fruit should be drained well.
• 10 refrigerate until set.