Red Hot Mama Salad

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup red-hot candies
• 1 (3 ounce) package lemon jell-o gelatin
• 1 (15 ounce) can applesauce
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/2 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 1/4 cups celery, chopped

Recipe

• 1 combine water and red hot candies in a medium sized sauce pan.
• 2 boil on high heat until candy is melted.
• 3 remove from heat.
• 4 add jello and applesauce.
• 5 mix well.
• 6 in a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and mayonnaise.
• 7 fold in celery and nuts with spoon.
• 8 in a square 9x9 dish, place cream cheese mixture and spread evenly.
• 9 pour red hot applesauce mixture over the cream cheese.
• 10 refrigerate until red hot applesauce mixture has set, approximately 4 hours.