Apple Cinnamon Gelatin Salad

Ingredients

• 12 cup cinnamon red-hot candies
• 1 12 cups boiling water
• divided
• 1 (3 ounce) package cherry Jell-O
• 1 cup chopped apple
• cored but not peeled
• lemon juice
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 12 cup coarsely chopped pecans

Instructions

1. Dissolve the cinnamon red-hots in 1/2 cup of the boiling water.
2. Dissolve the cherry jello in remaining 1 cup boiling water.
3. Add the dissolved cinnamon water and refrigerate until the consistency of unbeaten egg whites.
4. Fold in the chopped apples which you have tossed with a little lemon juice, celery and pecans.
5. Pour into mold and refrigerate until set.
6. NOTE: Sometimes I use only 1 cup total boiling water for dissolving the red-hots and jello.
7. I then leave out the remaining ingredients and add a 16-ounce can of applesauce.
8. Pour into a mold and refrigerate until set.