#2294 - Pineapple Dream Salad

(by Mitzie [Shade] Williams - friend)

1 - 6oz. box lemon Jell-O
2 cups boiling water
2 cups 7UP soda
1 - 20oz. can Dole crushed pineapple (drained but save the juice)
1/2 cup white sugar
1 TBSP flour
1 beaten egg
1 envelope Dream Whip
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

In a bowl add lemon Jell-O powder and boiling water--stir until dissolved. Add 7UP--stir until mixed. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until it starts to gel. Remove from refrigerator--add drained crushed pineapple--stir. Return to refrigerator and chill overnight. Pineapple frosting: in a measuring cup add the saved pineapple juice and add enough water (if necessary) so that you have 1 cup of liquid total. In a saucepan add white sugar, flour and beaten egg--stir. Add pineapple juice--stir--cook/stir over medium heat until it thickens. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold. Prepare Dream Whip according to envelope directions. Spread the pineapple frosting mixture over the solid Jell-O mixture. Spread Dream Whip over the pineapple frosting mixture. Sprinkle nuts over the top of the Dream Whip if you wish.