Strawberry Pretzel Jello=Delicious!

What is the saying?  "Patience is a virtue." Well, that would be a good way to describe the character of my oh-so-patient mother. She willingly puts together this Strawberry Pretzel Jello at every Powell holiday event.  And I mean, every Powell holiday event: Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, my brother's birthday, the anniversary of the day they got their dog. Again, I mean, every event.  We Powells just love our Strawberry Pretzel Jello.

Before watching my mother make this recipe for the blog, I did not realize how much time (and love) she puts into it.  It is not a difficult recipe, it is just a long process to get the dessert completed.  It has multiple steps were cooling is a requirement or it just won't turn out right.  But I would like to reiterate, the time it takes to make this recipe is so worth it! This is a delicious jello dessert.  Thanks Mom for sharing the recipe and for making this again and again.  We appreciate you (and the wonderful jello).

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Strawberry Pretzel Jello
(passed from mother to mother in our family)

Pretzel Crust
1 cup broken pretzels
1/2 cup melted butter
5 tablespoons sugar

Creamy Filling
1 9oz whipped topping such as cool whip
1 8oz cream cheese, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar

Jello Topping
1 large strawberry jello
2 10oz frozen strawberry packages
2 1/2 cups boiling water

Preheat over to 350 degrees. Blend crust ingredients in a food processor until well blended and crushed.  Press crust into the bottom of 9x13 pan.  Make sure they are packed into the bottom of the pan.  Bake for 10 minutes.  Cool.  Do not add filling until the pretzel crust is completely cool.

For filling, blend filling ingredients in a mixer.  Layer the filling on top of the cooled crust. Be gentle when spreading the filling onto the pretzel crust.  Make sure the filling seals the crust completely.

For jello, heat water until boiling.  Add jello and mix until it is dissolved.  Add frozen strawberries to the jello.  Let the jello cool.  After it has cooled, gently ladle the jello mixture over the filling.  Be sure to not create any holes in the filling because this will cause the pretzel crust to get soggy.

Let strawberry pretzel jello set overnight before serving. Enjoy!

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