Festive Cranberry Walnut Dessert

A wonderful dessert made with whole cranberries and walnuts...perfect for the Autumn and Winter holiday season!

Ingredients

1 c. sugar

2 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs

1 heaping tsp. cinnamon

1 c. chopped walnuts

1/2 c. melted butter

2 eggs

1 T. orange zest (grated outer rind)

3 c. whole berry cranberry sauce

First, place walnuts and graham crackers into seperate ziploc gallon storage bags. You are going to pound both with a mallet to crush.

Next mix 1/2 c. of the sugar, 1 1/2 c. of the graham cracker crumbs, the walnuts, cinnamon, butter and eggs, together thoroughly in a bowl.

Then spread TWO THIRDS of it over the bottom of a greased 8x13" baking pan.

Now, grate your orange rind. To do this keep rotating an orange over the fine grating portion of a grater, taking off only the orange colored outer layer.

In a bowl, mix together the 3 c. whole cranberry sauce and orange zest. Then spread it into the pan over the layer of graham/walnut batter.

To the 1/3 batter you have left, add the remaining 1 c. graham crumbs and 1/2 c. sugar and mix. It will start out dry but will return to a moist consistancy.

Spread over the top of the cranberry mixture. It is quite sticky and I actually had to use my fingers to place it all over the top.

Now pop it in the oven, uncovered, for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

ENJOY ENJOY!!!!!

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