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Cherry Pretzel Dessert Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Crust
4 cups thin pretzels crushed (Reserve 1/2 cup when making crust)
1 1/2 cups melted butter
2 Tbsp sugar
Mix together then put in a 13x9 baking dish, and bake at 400°F for 8 minutes.
Cream Layer
2- 8 oz pkgs of cream cheese
1 cup sugar
12 oz. of cool whip
2 cans of pie filling of your choice (I like strawberry)
Directions:
Directions:
Cream the cream cheese, add sugar. Beat and then add partly frozen cool whip, a little at a time. Beat until smooth. Spread half on top of pretzels. then spread 1 can of pie filling. Spread the rest of the cream mixture then sprinkle reserved 1/2 cup of pretzels on top.
Top
one can of cherry pie filling (or any flavor you like)
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
From Joy Shanafelt Kettering (with a few changes of my own). We used to have this for Christmas Eve dinner at Grandpa Shanafelt's every year.

 

 

 

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