Cranberry Ambrosia-Cream Cheese Spread

Ingredients

• 11 ounce mandarin orange segents canned
• 15.5 ounce pineapple crushed canned
• 3.5 ounce coconut or shredded divided canned
• 16 ounce cream cheese softened
• 8  pecan halves toasted
• 1 cup pecans toasted chopped
• 0.3 cup powdered sugar 
• 6 ounce cranberries dried sweetened divided

Equipment

• bowl
• paper towels

Directions

1. Stir together cream cheese and sugar until blended.
2. Add dried cranberries, reserving 1/4 cup cranberries.
3. Drain pineapple and oranges; pat dry between layers of paper towels. Set oranges aside.
4. Stir pineapple and coconut into cream cheese mixture, reserving 1/4 cup coconut. Stir in chopped pecans. Spoon mixture into a serving bowl.
5. Sprinkle reserved dried cranberries around edges of bowl. Arrange orange sections around inside edge of cranberries.
6. Sprinkle reserved 1/4 cup coconut in center, and top with pecan halves.
7. Serve with gingersnaps.