Fluffy Fruit Salad

Total Time
Prep: 20 min. + chilling

Updated on Oct. 20, 2022

I like to bring my mom's fruit salad to potlucks. Its smooth sauce combined with all the colorful fruit makes it different than any other fruit salad I've tried. I've given out the recipe more times than I can remember. — Anne Heinonen, Howell, Michigan

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Fluffy Fruit Salad

Prep Time 20 min
Yield 16 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cans (20 ounces each) unsweetened crushed pineapple
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup orange juice
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon canola oil
  • 2 cans (15 ounces each) fruit cocktail
  • 2 cans (11 ounces each) mandarin oranges, drained
  • 2 bananas, sliced
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped

Directions

  1. Drain pineapple, reserving 1 cup juice in a small saucepan. Set pineapple aside. In a large saucepan, add sugar, flour, eggs, orange juice, lemon juice and oil. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute; remove from the heat and let cool.
  2. In a large salad bowl, combine the pineapple, fruit cocktail, oranges and bananas. Fold in whipped cream and cooled sauce. Chill for several hours.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup: 173 calories, 7g fat (4g saturated fat), 47mg cholesterol, 17mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (24g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.

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