Strawberry Pretzel Salad

 Ingredients 

• Two cups of crushed pretzels
• Three fourths cup butter, melted
  
• Three tablespoons of white sugar
• Eight ounces of cream cheese, softened
• One cup of white sugar
• Eight ounces of Cool Whip dessert topping, thawed
• Two, three ounce packages of strawberry flavored Jello-O
• Three, ten ounce packages frozen strawberries
• Two cups of boiling water

Directions 

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Stir pretzels, butter and three tablespoons of sugar together. Mix well and press the ingredients in bottom of 13" x 9" baking dish.
3. Bake 8-10 minutes. Let cool.
4. Combine cream cheese and cup of sugar in a large mixing bowl. Fold in cool whip. Spread mixture over cooled crust.
5. Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Stir in frozen strawberries and allow to set briefly. 
6. Spread over cream cheese mixture when mixture is about the consistency of egg whites. Refrigerate util set. 

Source — Allrecipes

Prepared by Emily Worthey
Louisiana Anthology
December 21, 2021