I couldn't ever find the perfect Waldorf salad recipe — one that didn't have too much mayonnaise but that still had enough of the original flavor to be called a Waldorf. So I mixed, matched, and experimented, and I finally came up with the perfect sweet twist on the classic version. Now I get requests for it at every family get-together!
Ingredients
- Granny Smith apples, cored and: 2 piece (diced)
- Red Delicious apple, cored and: 1 piece (diced)
- Asian pear, cored and: 1 piece (cubed)
- stalk celery: 1 piece (diced)
- almonds: 0.5 cup (sliced)
- golden raisins: 1 cup
- seedless green grapes: 1 cup (halved)
- ½ cups sweetened dried cranberries: 1 piece
- ¼ cups plain yogurt: 1 piece
- white sugar: 0.25 cup
- brown sugar: 0.33333 cup
- mayonnaise: 0.75 cup
- lemon juice: 3 Tbsp
- ground cinnamon: 0.5 tsp
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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In a large bowl, combine apples, pear, celery, almonds, raisins, grapes, and cranberries. In a separate bowl, stir together yogurt, both sugars, mayonnaise, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Pour dressing over fruit mixture and gently stir until evenly coated.
