Pretzel Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 sticks butter
1 c. + 3 Tbsp. sugar
1 1/2 c. crushed pretzels
1 large pkg. cream cheese; softened
1 8 oz. carton cool whip
1 6 oz. pkg. strawberry gelatin
2 10 oz. pkgs. frozen strawberries; thawed

Preparation

Cream 3 Tbsp. sugar with butter.
Add crushed pretzels, mix well.
Then press into a 9x14 inch glass pan.
Bake at 250\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Cool completely. Combine cream cheese and 1 c. sugar until smooth.
Fold in cool whip.
Spread over cooled pretzel crust.
Chill.
Dissolve gelatin in 2 c. boiling water.
Then add 1/2 c. cold water.
Stir in strawberries.
Chill until partly set. Spread over cream cheese layer.
Return to refrigerator and chill until firm.