Broken Glass Salad

This recipe is one of the first things I ever made, when I first started cooking.  It is now a staple for Thanksgiving and Christmas.


1/2 cup butter (melted)
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 box vanilla wafers

Crush wafers.  Add sugar, cinnamon and melted butter.  Press 1/2 cookie mixture into the bottom of a 9x13 pan.

1-3 oz box red jello
1-3 oz box green jello
1 envelope Knox gelatin
1 15 oz can pineapple tidbits (drained, reserving juice)
1 pint whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Set a 3 oz. box of red jello and a 3 oz box of green jello in 1 1/2 cups hot water in 9x13 pans. I set these first.  When set cut into small cubes. Make cookie mixture.  Dissolve 1 envelope of Knox gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water.  Stir in 1/4 cup hot pineapple juice.  Whip 1 pint whipping cream along with sugar.  Add Knox gelatin mixture.  Stir in jello's, pineapple, and nuts.  Pour over crumb mixture.  Top with balance of crumbs.