Walnut Apple Cider Salad Recipe

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This cool, refreshing salad with crunchy nuts and apples makes me think of my mother and Thanksgiving. Mom prepared it each year for that holiday since apples were plentiful. She served it in a beautiful cut-glass bowl that belonged to my grandmother. -Jeannette Mack, Rushville, New York

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Walnut Apple Cider Salad Recipe

Prep: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
3-3/4 cups apple cider, divided
3 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3-1/2 to 4 cups chopped peeled apples
1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

In a small saucepan, sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup of cider; let stand for 2 minutes. Add the lemon juice, sugar, salt and remaining cider. Cook and stir over medium heat until sugar and gelatin are dissolved. Cover and refrigerate until slightly thickened, about 2-1/2 hours.
Fold in apples and walnuts. Transfer to a 2-qt. serving bowl. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Yield: 12 servings.

Nutritional Facts One 1/2-cup serving equals 135 calories, 6 g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 102 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 4 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 fruit, 1 fat.

Originally published as Apple Cider Salad in Taste of Home October/November 1999, p39