Red Hot Mama Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
1/4 cup red-hot candies
1 (3 ounce) package lemon Jell-O gelatin
1 (15 ounce) can applesauce
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup pecans, chopped
1 1/4 cups celery, chopped

Preparation

Combine water and red hot candies in a medium sized sauce pan.
Boil on high heat until candy is melted.
Remove from heat.
Add jello and applesauce.
Mix well.
In a medium bowl, beat together cream cheese and mayonnaise.
Fold in celery and nuts with spoon.
In a square 9X9 dish, place cream cheese mixture and spread evenly.
Pour red hot applesauce mixture over the cream cheese.
Refrigerate until red hot applesauce mixture has set, approximately 4 hours.