Waldorf Salad

Name: Waldorf Salad
Prep time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 medium red apples (or half of each for nice color) or 4 medium green apples, washed and diced (or half of each for nice color); 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 cup celery, chopped; 1/2 cup pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts; 2/3 cup mayonnaise

Submitted by Nancy Van Ess

"A crunchy, sweet and hearty salad of apples, celery, nuts and mayonnaise. This salad can easily become a summer luncheon main dish by adding cooked, diced chicken. You will probably need to add a little more mayonnaise. Another nice variation is halved grapes in addition to the apples, or pears as a replacement for the apples. "

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Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 6
Serves:: 4

ingredients

4 medium red apples (or half of each for nice color) or 4 medium green apples, washed and diced (or half of each for nice color)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 cup celery, chopped
¹⁄₂ cup pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts
²⁄₃ cup mayonnaise

directions

Wash, core and dice unpeeled apples.
Sprinkle lemon juice over them and toss together gently to coat, then sprinkle brown sugar over the apples and toss again.
Chill for at least 20 minutes.
Add celery and nuts then stir in mayonnaise, adding only enough for desired consistency.
Serve on a bed of greens.

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Reviews

Made this based on the ingredients I had on hand. It was a little too sweet for us and would have liked a little more celery in proportion to the apples.

Deepfreeze-27
Wonderful salad. I left out the brown sugar, as I didn't see a need to add it!

djmastermum
The memories this brings back. As one of my mom's favorites, I had it at least once a month growing up. I made it with walnuts and just as written and it's perfect. Crunchy, sweet and delicious. Don't change it and don't leave anything out and it's wonderful.

Narshmellow
Delicious. I used 4 different kinds of apples which gave this salad a great taste. I've made Waldorf Salads before but have never added the brown sugar. I love the way the brown sugar offset the slight lemon tang. We used walnuts and added some dried cranberries. Great recipe, thanks for posting.

QueenBee49444
Very good! I made it as written but lo and behold I was out of brown sugar! I was so sure I had some. I used white sugar instead and adjusted the amount by taste. I think next time I may leave out the celery, to me it was a bit overwhelming in taste. My husband loves "apple salad" this was simple and quick. I added a pear in with my apples and used walnuts for the nuts.

jneen