Cherry Refrigerator Dessert

Empty cherries and their syrup into a saucepan and heat to boiling.

Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt.

Add, all at once, to boiling cherries and cook, stirring briskly (about 5 minutes) until smoothly thickened and clear.

Remove from heat; add butter. Arrange 9 of the crackers (whole) over bottom of an 8 x 8 x 2-inch pan.

Spread half the cherry mixture over them and sprinkle with half the nuts.

Put on another layer of whole crackers and spread remaining cherries over them.

Crumble remaining 6 crackers over top and sprinkle with rest of nuts.

Chill 2 hours or overnight.

Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream.