Apricot Cream Cheese Salad

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 2 (3 ounce) boxes apricot gelatin
• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 1/2 cups cold water
• 1 (14 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained & 1/2 cup juice reserved
• 2 -3 bananas
• 2 cups mini marshmallows
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 egg, well beaten
• 3 ounces cream cheese

Recipe

• 1 gelatin base.
• 2 mix jello and water and chill until syrupy (30 minutes est.).
• 3 slice bananas 1/8" thick, half or quarter each slice to your preference in salads.
• 4 combine bananas, drained pineapple and marshmallows into syrupy jello, mixing well.
• 5 pour into 9x9 or 9x12 dish and chill until firm (several hours).
• 6 topping.
• 7 in a sauce pan, mix together 1/2 cup pineapple juice, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 t butter, 2 t flour, and 1 well beaten egg.
• 8 cook on medium to medium-high heat until thick. remove from burner.
• 9 add 3 oz cream cheese from refrigerator stirring until dissolved in sauce pan.
• 10 spread topping evenly over congealed salad.
• 11 chill some more for topping to set (1-2 hours).
• 12 serve in squares.