Easy Cranberry Nut Dessert

Ingredients:
1 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1/4 t. salt
2 c. cranberries, fresh or frozen
1/2 c. walnuts, chopped
1/2 c. butter or margarine, melted
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 t. almond extract

Directions:
In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, salt. Add cranberries and nuts; toss to coat. Stir in the butter, eggs and extract (mixture will be very thick if using frozen berries). Spread into a greased 9-in. pie plate.  Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.  Serve warm with ice cream.

Spinach Apple Salad

Ingredients:

 10 oz Baby spinach
1/2 cup Cranberries, dried

• 1/2 Red onion, small

• 1 cup Pecans, toasted

• 4 oz Feta cheese

• 3 Small gala apples, thinly sliced

Dressing:

2 tsp Dijon mustard

2 tbsp Maple syrup, pure

• 1/4 tsp Black pepper, freshly ground
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 1/4 cup Apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 cup Olive oil

Directions:

In a large bowl toss together spinach, apples, pecans, feta, cranberries and red onion.  Drizzle desired amount of dressing over salad and toss to coat.

Cranberry Salad

Ingredients

• 1 package cranberries
• 4 tart apples
• 2 oranges
• 6 oz. Cherry Jello
• sugar to taste ( 3/4 to 1 cup)
• 1 cup walnuts

Directions

1. Prepare jello as directed on package.
2. Chill until thick but not jelled.
3. Coarsely chop cranberries by adding a few at a time in blender.
4. coarsely grate apples and oranges.
5. add sugar to cranberries. mix with apples, oranges, walnuts, and thickened jello.

We usually half this recipe.