This is a fruit salad or dessert that my family has always called sawdust salad because of the toasted coconut on top.
Prep
32 min
Cook
73 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
1
, 3 ounce
1
, 3 ounce
2 cups boiling water
1
, 20 ounce
1
, 16 ounce
2 cups pineapple juice
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
, lightly beaten
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 bananas
, sliced
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2
, 1.3 ounce
1
, 8 ounce
1 cup shredded coconut
, toasted
Instructions
1
Gather the ingredients.
2
In a large bowl, combine lemon and orange gelatin powders and boiling water. Stir until powders are dissolved, then stir in drained pineapple and marshmallows. Refrigerate until firm.
3
While gelatin mixture is chilling, whisk together pineapple juice, sugar, eggs, and flour in a medium saucepan and cook over medium heat until thick. Stir constantly and do not allow mixture to scorch.
4
Remove from heat and let cool before spreading over the set gelatin mixture.
5
Toss sliced bananas with lemon juice to prevent browning. Drain, then layer sliced bananas over custard mixture.
6
Prepare whipped topping mix according to package directions, then beat in cream cheese until smooth.
7
Spread mixture over bananas. Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
8
Chill salad for 2 to 4 hours before serving.
Nutrition per serving
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