Christmas Cherry Salad Recipes

CHERRY FLUFF SALAD

Steps:

• Combine sweetened condensed milk, cherry pie filling, marshmallows, pineapple, and pecans; stir until well mixed and uniform in color.
• Add Cool Whip, stirring gently until well mixed.
• Refrigerate for at least 4 hours before serving.
• While pecans are optional, we love the flavor combination of the cherries and pecans, and love the little crunch pecans lend to the salad.

CHERRY FLUFF

Steps:

• Combine first four ingredients in a large bowl.
• Fold in remaining three ingredients.
• Refrigerate for one hour before serving.

CHRISTMAS CHERRY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and line with parchment paper one 9x5 inch loaf pan.
• Cream butter or margarine and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add beaten eggs and orange juice and mix well.
• Sift flour and baking powder. Reserve 1/3 cup of flour mixture and toss with raisins and cherries (this will keep them from sinking to the bottom of the cake). Add flour mixture to batter and blend. Add floured raisins and cherries to dough and mix until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) for 2-1/2 hours. Don't serve until several days old. Wrap the cake in plastic wrap or foil and store in a sealed tin.

FROZEN CHRISTMAS SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine pineapple and marshmallows. Set aside until marshmallows are softened, about 15 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir into marshmallow mixture. Fold in cherries and walnuts., In a small bowl, beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Fold into pineapple mixture. Spoon into a 6-cup mold; freeze overnight. Let stand at room temperature for 15-20 minutes; unmold onto a serving plate.

CHERRY FLUFF SALAD

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, mix together whipped topping, cherry pie filling, and sweetened condensed milk.
• Stir in almond extract, mini marshmallows, and crushed pineapple in juice.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• Cherry Fluff Salad will keep for several days in the refrigerator.

CHRISTMAS JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• In a medium-size pan, bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil and stir in lemon jello until dissolved. Reduce heat to low and add the marshmallows, cream cheese, and mayonnaise. Stir or whisk until all the ingredients are completely dissolved. Turn the heat off.
• In the same pan, add the drained pineapple and mix well. Set aside.
• In a small chilled bowl, mix the whipping cream until soft peaks are formed. Fold into the jello mixture.
• Pour into a 9x13 glass dish and refrigerate until set.
• Topping:.
• Mix cherry jello into 1 1/2 cups of boiling water and stir until dissolved. Let cool to room temperature.
• Once the lemon mixture has set, pour the room temperature cherry jello slowly on the the top and refrigerate until set.

CHERRY PIE JELL-O SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve jell-o in 2 cups of boiling water. Add 1 1/2 cups of cold water, place Jell-o in the refrigerator to set.
• When the Jell-O is set, stir can of pie filling into prepared Jell-O.

CHRISTMAS CHERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Dissolve gelatin in boiling water.
• Add pie filling.
• Pour into 9x12 dish.
• Chill until firm.
• Melt cream cheese and marshmallows on stove over low heat stirring continually until melted.
• Cool--then add prepared whipped topping. Blend well.
• Spread over gelatin.
• Chill and cut into squares.

FROZEN CHERRY SALAD

Steps:

• Blend the cream cheese and milk together.
• Add the pineapple, pie filling, and cool whip and fold together.
• Fold in nuts if desired.
• Pour into a 9x13 dish and freeze.
• Cut into slices to serve.