Recipe: Tasty Aunt Penny's Cranberry Salad

Aunt Penny's Cranberry Salad. This cranberry salad recipe is reminiscent of a Waldorf salad or a taffy apple salad. Sweet and creamy, this cranberry salad is supposedly a favorite among kids but all of the adults love it too! This cranberry salad recipe is reminiscent of a Waldorf salad or a taffy apple salad.

Sweet and creamy, this cranberry salad is supposedly a favorite among kids but all of the adults love it too! See more ideas about Cranberry salad, Cranberry recipes, Holiday recipes. This tasty layered cranberry salad recipe features cranberry jello salad covered w/ a sweet & tangy cream cheese topping. You can have Aunt Penny's Cranberry Salad using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Aunt Penny's Cranberry Salad

1. It's 1 packages of Fresh Cranberries.
2. You need 1/2 cup of Water.
3. Prepare 1 cup of Sugar.
4. Prepare 1 cup of Pecans, Chopped.
5. Prepare 1 box of Red Jello such as raspberry.
6. Prepare 20 oz of Can of Crushed Pineapple, drained.
7. It's 1 can of Mandarin Oranges, drained.
8. It's 1 box of Marshmallow Cream.
9. Prepare 8 oz of Cream Cheese, softened.
10. You need 8 oz of Cool Whip.

Put orange and cranberries through food processor and pulse as you would cole slaw -- don't puree. I do about a cup of cranberries and a wedge of orange per batch in my VitaMix blender. Pour results into a large bowl. Pat's Aunt Penny has been making this classic potato salad recipe since forever and it's the absolute best potato salad recipe I've ever tasted.

Aunt Penny's Cranberry Salad step by step

1. Boil cranberries with 1/2 cup of water until skins pop..
2. Remove from heat and add the sugar, pecans, Jello packet, pineapple, and oranges. Mix well and pour into serving dish..
3. Chill cranberry mixture for at least 4 hours..
4. Combine the cream cheese, marshmallow cream, and Cool Whip with mixer until well mixed..
5. Spread cream cheese mixture over cranberry mixture..
6. Sprinkle with extra chopped pecans, if desired..
7. Serve cold..

No matter if it is Easter or Fourth of July, we can always count on a big bowl of Aunt Penny's potato salad to be on the table. This cranberry salad recipe provides a punch of color that the berries add to a meal. The final product is a perfect balance of sweet and tart. I always love the punch of color that cranberries add to a meal, and this delicious cranberry salad recipe really does the berry justice. This Cranberry Waldorf Salad has crisp apples, juicy grapes, crunchy celery and tart cranberries.