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Welcome back everyone to my kitchen. I'm
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Katherine with Katherine's Plates. Today
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I'm going to show you how to make a
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cool, refreshing, no bake ice box
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dessert. This one is called Strawberry
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Crackle Salad. And if you know, you
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know. Strawberry Crackle Salad is a take
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on that strawberry salad that had that
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pretzel layer, the cream cheese layer,
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then it's got that Jell-O strawberry
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layer in it. It's so delicious. Right.
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taking a lot of that work out of it for
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you. And we're just going to layer it in
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a bowl. Be done with it. Now, it's going
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to be sweet. We got our strawberries for
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that. It's going to be crunchy. So,
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we've got our pretzels for it. And it's
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going to be creamy. And we got our cream
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cheese for it. And we've got a few other
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ingredients to kind of pull it all
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together for this light, refreshing
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dessert that we all need right now. All
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right, you guys. Grab your pretzels. any
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type of pretzel you have. And then we're
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going to get a Ziploc bag and break
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these up just into pieces. Now, the
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first thing that we want to do is to
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crush up the pretzels. And I'm just
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going to use a Ziploc bag because I
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don't want to pulverize these into
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crumbs. I want pieces. We're going to
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measure out two cups once we get these
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broken up into pieces. We'll do that
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right there. Take the air out of your
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bag, seal it, and then we're going to
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crush. We're going to put some pecans in
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this mixture. Also, we want the pretzels
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to be about the size of chopped pecans.
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That's what we're looking for. Oh, yeah.
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cuz you definitely want the texture in
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So, I'm going to pour these into a
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measuring cup and see if I need to do
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That looks good right there. So, what
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we're going to do is add this to a large
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we go. Now, to that, we're going to add
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in chopped pecans. Now, ideally, what I
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like to do is because there's going to
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be cream cheese in this recipe and it
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needs to be softened down is that when
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you're ready to start making this recipe
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to get to that stage, I would have
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already pulled out my cream cheese about
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30 minutes beforehand and then let it
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sit on the counter another 30 minutes.
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while you're getting everything else
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All right, one cup. Then we're just
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going to add those to the pretzels.
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Now, to that, we're going to add in half
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a cup of brown sugar.
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Every layer we're going to make nice and
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sweet. There we go. We're going to take
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a stick of butter. We're going to put it
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on a microwave safe bowl and we're going
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to melt it completely.
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like let's add it in.
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All right, just take a spatula and blend
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it all together. You want those pretzels
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and those pecans to be equally coated,
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Y'all, this would make a great potluck
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recipe. Also, you can double it up. take
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or just cool it and chill it in your
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refrigerator and just have it for any
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kind of desserts, pool parties,
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barbecues, whatever you have going on.
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We got to try one. Make sure it's nice
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You like those sweet pretzels?
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We're going to set this aside because
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now we got to make that cream cheese
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mixture. So, in a medium bowl, we're
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going to add in our softened cream
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cheese. Now, if you're just pulling this
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out of the refrigerator, take it out of
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its wrapper. Place it on a microwave
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safe plate and you can put it in the
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microwave for about 10 seconds. Check
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it. Give it another 10 seconds and check
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it. You do want the cream cheese to be
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To the cream cheese, we're going to add
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in 1/3 cup of white granulated sugar.
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And then we're going to add in one
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teaspoon of vanilla extract. Give this
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Now, we're going to take the electric
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hand mixer and we're going to beat the
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cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla
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together until it's nice and smooth.
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Make sure you give it a good minute or
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so to get it nice and creamy.
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Now, that's the last time we're going to
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be using the electric hand mixer.
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So, I'm just going to take my spatula
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and just kind of pull off any excess. We
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need this to be even more creamy. Guess
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8 oz of Cool Whip. Now, you want to make
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sure that this is thought out. We're
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going to add it in and then we'll fold
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it in with that cream cheese mixture.
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Now, if you're going to take this to a
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barbecue or a potluck or anything like
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that, I would be doubling this recipe.
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Pull from the bottom and in through that
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cool whip. And we're just going to keep
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doing that until that cream cheese
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mixture is well blended in. This looks
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good right here. Nice and combined.
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We need some layers. Let's build this
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up. All right, we've got our pretzel
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mixture here. I'm going to put half of
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it in the bottom of a baking dish here.
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This is a two quart 8 by8.
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Yeah, you just want enough saved for the
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top just to give you a little crunchy
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topping at the top. So, I'm going to
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flatten this out. Now, you don't want to
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like squish it in. You don't have to do
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This is just going to be a salad, but
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you do want a nice layer down there so
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that you can see that. Now, what we're
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going to do is take that cream cheese
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whipped topping mixture. I'm just going
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to dollop it all over till we get a nice
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even amount in there. And then we'll
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I think that's good. There we go. All
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right. Grab offset spatula and then just
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kind of smooth it out.
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Nice even layer there. It's just for
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Thomas and I this week because we don't
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have anybody visiting with us that we
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know of this week. All right, what do we
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got going on? Woo! Look at that. Yeah.
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So, I've taken a pint of strawberries
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and I'm just slicing them. I've already
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washed them off really well and I'm just
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slicing them kind of at a diagonal,
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whatever you want. And I'm going to
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start putting them onto the dish here.
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That way I know how many to slice
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And I'm just going to cover the whole
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And you can put them on here any way you
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All right. Now, let's finish topping
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this off. We're going to take the rest
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of the pretzel mixture and just kind of
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sprinkle it on top of the strawberries.
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That'll give it a nice crunch on the
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All right. There we go.
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Now, this is when you put it in the
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refrigerator to get it nice and chilled.
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We're not waiting. I am going to go in
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with a spoon and give this a try for
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you. Look at those layers. We got that
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pretzel layer, the cream cheese layer,
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the strawberries, and then topped with
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the rest of those pretzels.
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It's one of those scooping desserts.
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Look at that. Look at those layers.
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All right, I'm going to grab a fork and
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give it a try for you.
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Sweet, crunchy, and creamy. Let's see if
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Bliss Bite. That's what it tastes like.
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Who's on board with me? I'm fixing to do
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