Waldorf Salad is a delicious combination of crispy apples, nuts, celery, and cranberries enveloped in mayonnaise and sour cream dressing to make it light tasting and a delight to the taste buds. Try Waldorf Salad today!
This Waldorf Salad is slightly different from the original Waldorf Salad created in 1893 for the Waldorf Astoria. Instead, in this Waldorf Salad recipe, I used mayonnaise and sour cream to make the dressing. Normally, the Waldorf Salad recipe would be made with just mayonnaise. The addition of sour cream adds a lightness to the dressing that pairs beautifully with the fruit. You could also use yogurt instead of the sour cream.
This is a texture-rich salad. The creamy light tasting dressing combined with the crispy apples, celery and nuts make your mouth very happy! It gets to savor and chew all that deliciousness. A classic Waldorf Salad is made with either raisins or dates. Instead, I chose to use dried cranberries to add a little more zing for my taste buds in this Waldorf Salad recipe. The lemon juice in the salad paired wonderfully with all the ingredients and brightened the flavor. I could have sat and eaten the entire bowl!
Waldorf Salad Ingredients:
- 4 medium apples, cored and cubed
- 2 Teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup cranberries (use can use raisins or dates as well)
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
Add the diced apples to the bowl. Fold all the ingredients together and chill the Waldorf Salad until you are ready to serve it.
Waldorf Salad is a delicious fruit salad you can serve all year round. As wonderful as it would be served in the Fall and Winter months it would be just as good during the Spring and Summer months as a cool refreshing side dish. Don’t wait for a certain time of year to try this! Waldorf Salad, it’s what’s for dinner and it’s delicious, Enjoy!
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Waldorf Salad
Ingredients
- 4 medium apples, cored and cubed
- 2 Teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries (you can use raisins or dates as well)
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1/3 cup mayonaise
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- 1. Core, peel and cube your apples. Place in a large bowl and toss with the lemon juice. set a side.2. In another large bowl combine the mayonnaise, sour cream and sugar. Mix till well incorporated. Add the nuts, celery, dried cranberries and apples. Fold together and chill until your ready to serve.
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Waldorf Salad is such a classic dish! 🙂 I love it but have never tried making it; thanks for sharing this recipe! 🙂
Mary, this sounds so refreshing and yummy. Perfect for summer picnics!
Mary, I love a good waldorf salad and this one looks delicious. I bet the addition of dried cranberries is wonderful. I’ll be making this one soon!
This looks like such a delicious salad! Perfect for a brunch or summer BBQ.
Thank you Sarah! It’s very refreshing and delicious!
Thank you Anyonita, it’s a keeper here!
Thank you Shelby! It’s definitely cool and refreshing for summer!
Renee it was delicious!
wow delicious salad….
classesncamps, thank you! It’s a favorite in our house!
I love a good Waldorf salad, but I would never peel the apples first! The red color is so attractive combined with the green of the celery.
Your right Mary Lou that would definitely add some nice color to the salad!