fruit n fluff
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My mother used to make what we kids liked to call Fruit Fluff. We absolutely loved it. Over the years I have adapted this recipe to the one I am posting today. It is similar to an ambrosia fruit salad I believe. So easily adaptable to the individual taste.
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yield
8 -10
prep time
30 Min
method
Refrigerate/Freeze
Ingredients For fruit n fluff
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1-2 canchunky fruit packed in juice-drained well
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1 craisins
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1 cdried cranberries
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1 smchopped pineapple-drained
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1 bunchseedless fresh grapes - any color or mixture
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1-2 smapples, cored chopped
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1-2 Tbsplemon-lime soft drink
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1/2 cchopped nuts-your choice
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1/2 ccoconut, flaked
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1-2 Tbspwhite salad dressing
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1/4 tspcinnamon, ground
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dashnutmeg
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1/2 pkgmarshmallows, mini
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1-2 cwhipped cream, unsweetened
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1 smcanned mandarin oranges-drained
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1 smjar maraschino cherries-drained
How To Make fruit n fluff
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1Peel, if desired, core and chop apples. Sprinkle lemon lime soda over the apples to prevent browning.
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2Drain chunky fruit well and place in bowl with apples.
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3Add the fruit (except Mandarin oranges and cherries), nuts and coconut to the bowl.
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4Sprinkle with spices and vanilla. Gently stir in salad dressing. Cover and place in fridge to marinate from 2-24 hours. *As the mixture marinates, the dried fruit will absorb accumulating juices.
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515-30 minutes before serving- whip cream in a chilled bowl. Remove fruit from refrigerator. Gently drain accumulated juice, if any. Spoon into serving bowl
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6Gently stir in most of the drained mandarin oranges, marschino cherries and marshmallows. Reserving some to decorate the top. Mixture should look slightly damp-Drain out or remove any large pools of liquid.
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7Gently add whipped cream to fruit mixture folding into the fruitmixture. Decorate the top by arranging reserved oranges, cherries and marshmallows. Cinnamon and/or nutmeg can also be sprinkled on top for decoration. Return to fridge until serving time.
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8*Non-Dairy frozen topping can be substituted for whipped cream.
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