Grandma's Apple Salad

Name: Grandma's Apple Salad
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Ingredients: 4-5 small red apples (diced); 2 c purple grapes (seedless)cut in half; 20 oz can of crushed pineapple; 1-2 c chopped pecans; 1 c small marshmallows; 3 Tbsp lemon juice; 1/4 tsp salt; 2 egg yolks; 2 Tbsp flour; 2 Tbsp butter; 1 1/2 c pineapple juice( use juice from can of crushed pineapple); 1 c sugar

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By Tiffanie Tillery
@ttillery

My grandma has made this for just about every holiday meal. I refuse to eat any other apple salad because hers is the best.

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote5

Ingredients

4-5 small

red apples (diced)
2 c

purple grapes (seedless)cut in half
20 oz

can of crushed pineapple
1-2 c

chopped pecans
1 c

small marshmallows
3 Tbsp

lemon juice
1/4 tsp

salt
2

egg yolks
2 Tbsp

flour
2 Tbsp

butter
1 1/2 c

pineapple juice( use juice from can of crushed pineapple)
1 c

sugar
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How to Make Grandma's Apple Salad

Step-by-Step

Mix pineapple juice, lemon juice, salt, flour, butter, egg yolks(mix these in while mixture still cool or you will end up with scrambled eggs),and sugar together in a small sauce pan. Cook over low heat until thick.(Not quite pudding thick)Stir constantely
Cool mixture in refridgerator until completely cool stirring occasionally. Then mix in 1 container of cool whip. While mixture cools cut up fruit.
Pour mixture over fruit and nuts and refridgerate until ready to serve.

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