Cranberry Christmas Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

13 1/2 oz. can crushed pineapple
6 oz. pkg. strawberry jello
3/4 c. cold water
16 oz. can jellied cranberry sauce
1/3 c. chopped pecans
1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 small pkg. vanilla instant pudding mix
1/2 c. whipping cream
1/2 c. milk
3 oz. cream cheese, softened

Preparation

Drain pineapple juice into a measuring cup; reserve pineapple. Add water to juice to make 1 cup liquid.
Bring liquid to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat.
When boiling, remove from heat and stir in jello powder; stir until jello is dissolved.
Add cold water.
Chill until jello is of the consistency of unbeaten egg whites.