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Strawberry Cheesecake Gelatin Dessert With Pretzel Crust By Grandma Whitaker Recipe


Strawberry Cheesecake Gelatin Dessert With Pretzel Crust By Grandma Whitaker Recipe
A favorite dessert by my husband's Grandmother. She made it for every Christmas and was loved by her family. It's a creamy cheesecake with pretzel crust and strawberry gelatin topping! It's insanely good! We call it PRETZEL JELLO!

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Ingredients
  • Crust
  • 2 cups crushed pretzels
  • 4 tablespoons of white sugar
  • 1 cup of melted butter
  • Mixture
  • 8oz package of room temperature cream cheese
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 small container of cool whip or dessert topping
  • Topping
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 1 large package strawberry gelatin
  • 2 bags of frozen strawberries (fresh will NOT work)

Directions
  1. Crust
  2. Mix all ingredients in a 13 x 9" baking pan
  3. Press down with fingers or utensil
  4. bake 8 or 9 minutes (until slightyly browning) in 400 degree oven
  5. Mixture
  6. Whip room temperature cream cheese with sugar
  7. Fold in whipped topping, be sure it's mixed well
  8. Pour mixture over cooled crust, smooth out evenly
  9. Topping
  10. Boil 2 cups water
  11. Remove from heat at large box of strawberry gelatin, mix well
  12. Stir in 2 packages of frozen strawberries, just to coat with gelatin
  13. Quickly pour topping over cream cheese mixture as frozen strawberries will begin to set the gelatin
  14. Cover and chill in refrigerator until gelatin is completely set, about an hour
  15. To serve, put hot tap water in bottom of sink and place dessert into warm water for about one minute to help loosen the crust before serving, or will break. Serve with spatula.5

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Mmmmm - chefmama this sounds great! Thanks for sharing.


Yum, I love the Strawberry Pretzel Salad, this has got to be very yummie also. You have my 5


The pretzel salad is delish and I bet this is even better. Better print this one out.


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