Strawberry-Sauced Crunchy Fruit Salad

This salad is beautiful, healthy, and delicious! The fruits can be chopped to use as a salad or sliced thinly and layered in a trifle bowl for a truly stunning presentation.



Strawberry-Sauced Crunchy Fruit Salad
Ingredients
  • 2 ½ cups crispy rice cereal

  • 1 ½ cups chopped hazelnuts

  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar

  • ½ cup margarine, melted

  • 1 pound fresh or frozen sliced strawberries

  • ⅓ cup orange juice

  • 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

  • 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar

  • 2 Red Delicious apples, cored and diced

  • 2 Golden Delicious apples, cored and diced

  • 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and diced

  • 4 seedless oranges, peeled and diced

  • 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained

Instructions
    1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the rice cereal and nuts into a baking pan. Stir in the brown sugar and margarine. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until toasty. Stir occasionally. Set aside to cool.

    2. In the container of a blender or large food processor, combine the strawberries, orange juice, confectioners' sugar and vanilla sugar. Puree into a smooth sauce. Set aside.

    3. To make the salad, toss the red, green and yellow apples with oranges and pineapple in a large serving bowl. Sprinkle with the nut crunch and spoon strawberry sauce over the top. Or you can serve the toppings on the side.

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