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Mom's Secret Cherry JELL-O Salad

Total Time
52 min
24m prep · 28m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Hard
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🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

My mom always makes this for Thanksgiving and all of my siblings have carried on the tradition. The secret is in the topping.

Ingredients

  • 1 , 6 ounce
  • 2 cups hot water
  • 1 , 8 ounce
  • 3 bananas , sliced
  • 1.5 cups cold water
  • 1 cup miniature marshmallows , or as needed
  • 0.75 cups white sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 , 8 ounce
  • 1 , 8 ounce

Instructions

  1. 1

    Dissolve gelatin completely in 2 cups hot water and pour into desired mold. Mix crushed pineapple, bananas, and 1 1/2 cup cold water into gelatin mixture; top with miniature marshmallows. Chill until firm.

  2. 2

    Whisk reserved pineapple juice, sugar, flour, and egg in a saucepan over low heat and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture almost comes to a simmer and becomes thick, about 5 minutes. Mix cream cheese into sauce, transfer to a large bowl, and cool to room temperature. Stir whipped topping into cream cheese mixture. Spread over gelatin. Chill thoroughly before serving.

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