Recipe for cooking dr. pepper cherry salad

Super Salad Recipes :: Gelatin Salads

Dr. Pepper Cherry Salad

1 (17 oz.) can sweet black cherries
1 (8 oz.) can crushed pineapple in its own juice
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
2 sm. boxes cherry gelatin
1 (12 oz.) can or bottle Dr. Pepper
1 C. chopped pecans, toasted

Oil a 6-C. decorate mold. Drain liquid from cherries and pineapple, reservings liquid. Slice cherries in half. Reserve them along with the pineapple.

Add lemon juice to liquid from the canned fruit. Measure liquid and add enough water to make 2 C.. Bring the liquid to a boil.

Place gelatin in a med.-size bowl. Pour boiling liquid over it and stir until the gelatin is dissolved. Mix in the Dr. Pepper. Refrigerate until the gelatin turns syrupy, about 45 min. to 1 hr..

Fold fruit and pecans into the gelatin. Pour the gelatin into the mold, and chill it again until the mixture sets firmly, another hr. or two. Unmold the salad.