Wisconsin Apple Growers Association

2008 Apple Recipe Contest Winners

Salad Category

Taffy Apple Salad

Jordana Beyer, River Falls

1st Place

4 cups         Red Delicious apples

1/2 cup      Sugar

8 oz.            Crushed pineapple, drained (save the juice)

1 Tbs           Flour

1              Egg

2 Tbs           Apple cider vinegar

8 oz              Cool Whip

1 cup           Virginia salted peanuts

Make a custard with the sugar, pineapple juice, flour, egg, and vinegar.  Cool well.  Fold in Cool Whip.  Peel and dice apples.  Fold apples and pineapple into custard mixture.  Just before serving fold in peanuts.  This recipe can be prepared a day ahead except for peanuts.

Store in refrigerator.

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Snicker Apple Salad

Beverly Raatz, Watertown

2nd Place

4                4            Delicious Apples

4                4            Medium Size Snickers Candy Bars or Kit Kat Bars

8 oz.         8 oz.     Dream whip

Place shredded apples in medium bowl.  Cut bars in small pieces into a bowl.  Mix dream whip with entire contents and refrigerate.  Decorate with colorful candy on top of bowl.  Keep refrigerated.

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Trade Winds Salad

Vicki Raatz, Waterloo

3rd Place

8 oz        package of macaroni

1 can      16-20 oz pineapple chunks or tidbits

2 cups    diced unpared apples

1/2 c      sliced maraschino cherries

1 cup     coarsely chopped nuts

Fluffy Cream Cheese Dressing

1 cup     cream whipped

2         3 oz. packages of cream cheese softened

3 Tbs     Sugar

Cook macaroni according to package directions.  Drain and blanch under cold water.  Chill.  To chilled macaroni add the pineapple, apples, cherries and nuts.

Blend cream cheese and sugar until fluffy, fold in whipped cream.  Fold this mixture into macaroni and chill.

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