This handwritten recipe was found in a large collection, date unknown. Recipe is typed below along with a scanned copy of both front and back.
24 Hr. Fruit Salad
3 beaten egg yolks
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp pineapple syrup
1 tbsp butter
dash salt
2 cups drained canned pitted white cherries
2 cups ” ” pineapple tidbits
2 pared oranges – cut in pieces drained
2 cups tiny marshmallows
1 cup heavy cream whipped
Combine egg yolks, sugar, vinegar, pineapple syrup, butter and salt in top of double boiler. Cook over hot water, not boiling, till thick stirring constantly. Cool.
Stir in fruit & marshmallows.
Fold in whipped cream.
Spoon into bowl.
Chill 24 hrs in refrigerator – to blend.
Trim with maraschino cherries, grapes, orange sections.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
More Recipes For You To Enjoy:Wow, this is almost identical to my Grandmother’s fruit salad recipe that I can’t live without on the holidays. It even looks a bit like her handwriting. Very sweet. Makes me nostalgic. :)
how do you drain oranges?
This wonderful recipe was a holiday staple at our house in the 1950s & I was THRILLED to find it here. We doubled the first five ingredients & whipping cream. It is absolutely delicious. The recipe came from one of the very first Betty Crocker cookbooks, long lost. Thank you so much for posting it!
I make this every holiday and my kids and now, grandkids, look forward to Nonna’s fruit salad. I do have the original Betty Crocker cookbook but did not bring it to our winter home, so appreciated finding it here. Doubling the sauce mixture is interesting and I will try it for the next holiday meal. Thanks for the tip.