Frozen Cranberries and Cream
1.5 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers (about 36 wafers)
5 cups softened vanilla ice cream
2 8-oz can jellied cranberries
1 8-oz pkg softened cream cheese
Combine wafers and 1 cup of ice cream. Spread evenly in casserole dish. Evenly spread 2 cups of ice cream over the top, cover and freeze. Cut 1 can of cranberry sauce into 1/4 inch thick slices and set aside. In a blender, blend half of remaining can of cranberry sauce and half of cream cheese till combined and set aside. Stir remaining ice cream till melted to creamlike consistency. Remove casserole dish from freezer and arrange cranberry slices over frozen ice cream layer. Top with melted ice cream. Drop cranberry-cream cheese mixture onto melted ice cream and swirl. Cover and freeze overnight. Twenty minutes before serving, remove from freezer.