Gingersnap Pear Salad

Name: Gingersnap Pear Salad
Yield: serves 8
Ingredients: 10 gingersnaps; One 3-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 tablespoon mayonnaise; 8 canned pear halves, drained; Chilled crisp lettuce

December 14, 2011

Recipe information

Yield
serves 8

Ingredients

10 gingersnaps

One 3-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature

1 tablespoon mayonnaise

8 canned pear halves, drained

Chilled crisp lettuce

Preparation

Crush the gingersnaps to very fine crumbs. The easy way to do this is to put them in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin. Put the cookie crumbs in a bowl, add the cream cheese and mayonnaise, and mix well. Place the pear halves on a bed of lettuce and fill the hollows with the cream cheese mixture.

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