Monday, July 14, 2008

Pretzel cheesecake dessert

Used to have this recipe at the break the fasts in Hawaii. SO YUMMY! Just had a craving for it hte other day and so I whipped it up. mmm...better than I rememer.
crust:
2 cups crushed pretzels
3/4 cup margarine, melted
2 teaspoons white sugar
filling:
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3/4 cup white sugar
1 cup cool whip
topping:
1 (6 ounce) package strawberry flavored gelatin
2 cups boiling water
2 heaping cups frozen strawberries or mixed berries

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
In a medium bowl, mix crushed pretzels, margarine and sugar.
Press crushed pretzel mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish, and bake in the preheated oven 8 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Blend together the cream cheese and sugar. Fold in whipped topping and spread evenly over cooled pretzel mixture.
In a medium bowl, dissolve the strawberry flavored gelatin in boiling water. Mix in strawberries and set aside to cool for 15 minutes.
Pour gelatin mixture over cream cheese mixture and refrigerate until set, about 4 hours.

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