grandma's apple salad

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

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Tiffanie Tillery

Flora, IL

Updated on Dec 12, 2011

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

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Ingredients

4-5 small red apples (diced)
2 cups purple grapes (seedless)cut in half
20 ounces can of crushed pineapple
1-2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup small marshmallows
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 - egg yolks
2 tablespoons flour
2 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups pineapple juice( use juice from can of crushed pineapple)
1 cup sugar

How To Make grandma's apple salad

Step 1

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

Step 2

Cool mixture in refridgerator until completely cool stirring occasionally. Then mix in 1 container of cool whip. While mixture cools cut up fruit.
Step 3

Pour mixture over fruit and nuts and refridgerate until ready to serve.
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