Daddy's Holiday Best Fruit Salad

Recipe Rating:	(45)
Categories:	Fruit Salads, Quick & Easy
Collections:	Festive Feasts
Serves:	8
Prep Time:	20 Min

Ingredients

1 can(s)	fruit cocktail, in syrup
1 can(s)	pears
1 can(s)	cling peaches
1 lg	red delicious apple
1 c	chopped pecans
1 can(s)	bakers coconut
1 btl	small marachino cherries
1 lg	naval orange
1 lg	banana optional
1 can(s)	crushed pineapple

Judith Watson

Well Seasoned

Fort Worth, TX (pop. 841,520)

txblueye

Member Since Jun 2010

Judith's Notes:
My dad always made this at Thanksgiving.

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

What a lovely recipe... The crunchy pecans and sweet coconut remind me of the salads I enjoyed in my childhood. This is a sweet treat for all the senses.

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Karla Everett [Karla59] wrote "Karla Everett [Karla59] has shared this recipe with discussion..."

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Directions

Drain syrup from canned fruits and set aside. Chop apple into medium dice and coat with lemon juice to stop browning. Optional: Slice banana if using. Supreme the orange and cut slices into thirds. Drain juice from cherries and set aside. Half cherries. Mix all ingredients together. Add about a 1/4 cup cherrie juice.

If adding banana, coat with lemon juice to keep from browning. Refridgerate before serving. Serve with Cool Whip or Whipped cream.

10 comments on "Daddy's Holiday Best Fruit Salad"

Donna Brown gabbiegirl

This brings back memories. My mother would make fruit salad at Christmas with fresh oranges. This reminds me so much of that recipe.

Judith Watson txblueye

Everybody that eats it wants to know how to make it and it is so easy.

Mary Oxendine Oxendine

Aug 27, 2010 11:57 PM

My family called this an ambrosia or ambrosia salad.

Janet W Iscsgam

Sep 4, 2010 9:00 AM

there's just something about holidays and fruit salad....:)

maryjane contreras mjgcont

Sep 4, 2010 3:38 PM

When you set the juice/syrup aside, are you using the syrup in the recipe later?

sapa all sapa

Sep 6, 2010 2:14 PM

I have the same question as Maryjane?

Judith Watson txblueye

Sep 6, 2010 6:19 PM

I don't use the juice from the fruits but I do add a small amount of the juice from the cherries in the salad. Hope that answer the question. Sorry I didn't mention it in the recipe. Thanks for asking.

Karla Everett Karla59