Applesauce-Red Hot Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. red hot candies
1 c. boiling water
1 (3 oz.) pkg. lemon Jell-O
1 1/2 c. applesauce
2 (3 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. finely chopped celery
1/3 c. chopped pecans
1/3 to 1/2 c. mayonnaise

Preparation

Dissolve red hots in boiling water (this takes time).
Stir until all are dissolved.
Add Jell-O to hot candy water and dissolve, then add the applesauce (I use Musselman's).
Mix well, then ladle half the mixture into a 6 x 10-inch glass pan and refrigerate until set.