Orange Pretzel Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. broken thin pretzels
1/2 c. melted butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. sugar
1 (8 oz.) Cool Whip
1 (6 oz.) large pkg. orange jello
2 c. hot water
3 cans mandarin oranges, drained
1 1/2 c. juice (from mandarin oranges)

Preparation

Mix pretzels with melted butter.
Put in a 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake 8 to 10 minutes at 350\u00b0.
Cool.
Soften cream cheese.
Beat cheese with sugar and Cool Whip.
Spread on cooled pretzel base and refrigerate.
Mix together orange jello with hot water.
Add juice from mandarin oranges to jello and let cool until partially set.
Add mandarin oranges and pour over partially set cream cheese mixture.