Recipe: Cranberry Cream Cheese Frosties (freeze ahead fruit salad)

CRANBERRY CREAM CHEESE FROSTIES

Freeze in small paper cups. Serve on a lettuce leaf.

1 (16 oz) can jellied cranberry sauce
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 cup nuts, chopped
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Lettuce leaves (for serving)

Mash cranberry sauce with fork. Add lemon juice; mix well. Pour into SMALL paper cups (or can use a 1-quart refrigerator tray). Set aside.

Combine softened cream cheese, mayonnaise and sugar; blend well. Add nuts.

Fold in stiffly beaten heavy cream. Spread over the cranberry mixture in the cups or tray. Freeze firm.

When ready to serve, split cups, put the fruit salad on a lettuce leaf with the cream cheese layer on the bottom. (If frozen in tray cut in pie shaped wedges. Serve on lettuce. White layer will then be on top.)

From: MsSanta