Creamy Cranberry Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail cold
• 1 pkg jell-o cranberry flavor gelatin (8-serving size)
• 10  vanilla creme-filled pirouette cookies cut in half
• 2 cups water boiling
• 8 oz cool whip whipped topping thawed
• 16 oz berry cranberry sauce whole canned

Equipment

• bowl
• whisk
• loaf pan

Directions

1. Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in large bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in juice. Refrigerate 1-1/4 hours or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites).
2. Add 2 cups of the whipped topping; stir with wire whisk until well blended. Stir in cranberry sauce.
3. Pour into 9x5-inch loaf pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.
4. Unmold dessert onto serving plate. Frost with the remaining whipped topping. Press cookies vertically into sides of dessert. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.