caroline's apple salad
(1 rating)
Mom made this salad every fall when apples were plentiful She liked to use both red and green apples to give the salad a nice color contrast. As kids we loved this as a side dish.
(1 rating)
yield
16 serving(s)
prep time
15 Min
Ingredients For caroline's apple salad
-
1 canpineapple, crushed or chunks (20 ounces)
-
1/2 csugar
-
1 Tbspflour
-
1-2 Tbspapple cider vinegar
-
1 lgeggs, beaten
-
1 pkgwhipped topping, (12 ounces) like cool whip, thawed
-
2 mdapples, diced
-
4 cminiature marshmallows
-
1 choney roasted peanuts
How To Make caroline's apple salad
-
1Drain pineapple. Reserve juice and set pineapple aside. In a saucepan mix juice, sugar, flour, and vinegar. Whisk until smooth and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until thickened (or about 2 minutes).
-
2Remove from heat. Whisk about 2 tablespoons of this hot mixture into the beaten egg, beating constantly to keep egg from cooking and curdling. Stir this mixture back into the hot juice mixture, whisking constantly to keep egg from cooking. Gently bring this to a boil and boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and cool.
-
3When cooked mixture is cool fold in Cool Whip. Fold in apples, marshmallows, and reserved pineapple. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Just before serving fold in peanuts.
- Last Step: Don't forget to share! Make all your friends drool by posting a picture of your finished recipe on your favorite social network. And don't forget to tag Just A Pinch and include #justapinchrecipes so we can see it too!
ADVERTISEMENT