heavenly salad

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72 Pinches
ARIZONA CITY, AZ
Updated on Aug 26, 2010

My family calls this Funeral Salad, because that is where I tracked it down! It is a favorite. I had lost this recipe and it took me 10 years to find again through a friend I had given it to!

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Ingredients

  • 6 ounces lemon jell-o
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1 1/2 cups marshmallows, mini
  • 9 ounces crushed pineapple (reserve juice)
  • 6 ounces reserved pineapple juice (add water if there isn't enough)
  • 2 large apples, cored, diced, not peeled
  • 3/4 cup pecan pieces
  • - topping:
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 - eggs
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice, fresh
  • 1 3/4 cups cool whip

How To Make heavenly salad

  • Step 1
    Dissolve jell-o in hot water. Add marshmallows and stir till melted; remove from heat. Stir into a 13x9" pan and stir in pineapple juice. Chill until partially set.
  • Step 2
    Add remaining ingredients and allow it to completely set.
  • Step 3
    For topping cook sugar, eggs and lemon juice over very low heat; stirring constantly until thick. When cooled, fold in Cool Whip and spread on top of jell-o mixture. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

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