If you've never had fruit salad pie you are in for a treat with this one.. It calls for citric acid which you can get in many stores and most pharmacies. They used it to can tomatoes and other items and it gives this pie it's great taste. Simple to put together with graham cracker crust and whipped cream on top... the filling is absolutely fantastic!
Fruit Salad Pie
BASE mixture
1 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
5 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 1/2 c. cold water
1/2 tsp. redfood coloring
1/2 tsp. citric acid or fruit fresh (citric acid is available in pharmacies and used to be used for canning tomatoes and such) Fruit fresh tends to make it a bit cloudy but works as well.
FRUIT Mixture
1 banana, diced
1/2 apple, diced
1 med. size can pineapple tidbits, drained well
1/4 c. pecans, chopped
1 container Cool Whip
1 Graham Cracker Crust
Procedure
Combine cornstarch, sugar and salt in med. saucepan. Add 1 1/2 c. cold water and mix well. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly to prevent lumps.. When it starts to boil..cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat and add red food coloring and citric acid. Set aside to cool then prepare the fruit mixture.
Dice banana, apple and add pineapple and pecans. Add this mixture to the cooled mixture and place all in a graham cracker crust. Chill. Before serving top with Cool Whip. This is a wonderful pie and can be made to look more like Christmas by scattering a few green and red colored maraschino cherries on top of cool whip at serving time..or other holidays by putting holiday colored cherries or decor on top of cool whip as serving.. Enjoy!
