Frosted Cranberry Squares

daisygrl64's Note:

This white-capped cranberry salad is the perfect acompaniment to your holiday meal. Land-O-Lakes Cookbook.

• Total Time: 7 mins
• Prep Time: 7 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

Gelatin

• 2 (3 ounce) packages raspberry flavor gelatin
• 2 cups boiling water
• 12 ounces fresh cranberries (or frozen thawed)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2⁄3; cup orange juice
• 20 ounces crushed pineapple in pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon orange peel , grated

Topping

• 3 ounces cream cheese , softened
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup miniature marshmallow
• orange slices or zest orange peel
• sugared cranberries

Directions:

1. in large bowl dissolve gelatin in boiling water, set aside. in 5cup blender container blend cranberries, half at a time on high speed, stopping blender frenquently to scrape sides until well chopped, 1 to 2 minutes.
2. stir cranberries and remaining gelatin ingresients into dissolved gelatin mixture.
3. pour into 13x9 pan, cover and refrigerate until firm, 6 hours or overnight.
4. in small mixer bowl beat cream cheese at medium speed, scraping bowl often until light and fluffy.
5. scrape cheese off beaters, add whipping cream, beat at low speed until mixed. increase speed to high. continue beating, scraping bowl often until stiff peaks form.
6. by hand fold in marshmallows, spread over firm cranberry gelatin.
7. refrigerate at least 1 hour. cut into squares. if desired, garnish with orange slices or zest of orange peel and sugared cranberries.