Ingredients

Fruit Salad Ingredients:
▢2 medium green apples
▢2 medium red apples
▢¾ cup dried cranberries
▢1 cup pecans
▢1 cup grapes
▢3 medium naval oranges
▢1 medium lemon juiced
Dressing Ingredients:
▢½ cup orange juice
▢¼ cup white sugar
▢¼ tsp apple pie spice
▢zest of 1 lemon
▢zest of 1 orange

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place pecans on a baking sheet and place in the oven while it’s heating up. Remove pecans from the oven when you can smell them, about the same time the oven is fully heated. Remove from the oven and cool.
toasted pecans in a bowl
In a small saucepan, mix orange juice, sugar, apple pie spice, zest of 1 lemon and zest of 1 orange.
zesting lemon into the saucepan with the dressing ingredients
Place over medium heat. Whisk to combine. Bring to a low boil and simmer for 3-4 minutes.
whisking fruit salad dressing in a saucepan
Strain in a fine mesh strainer and cool completely.
straining fruit salad dressing through a fine mesh strainer
Core and slice apples to bite sized pieces. Toss apples with juice from half a lemon to prevent browning.
cut up fruit on a wooden board
Cut the peel off the orange and cut into bite sized pieces.
In a large bowl, mix apples, dried cranberries, toasted pecans, grapes and oranges.
all spiced fruit salad ingredients in a bowl
Drizzle dressing over the fruit and toss to combine. Serve.
dressing being poured over fruit salad
Notes
Serve immediately or refrigerate until you serve.
Refrigerate the fruit salad for 1-2 days.

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