Strawberry-Sauced Crunchy Fruit Salad

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups crispy rice cereal
• 1.5 cups chopped hazelnuts
• 0.75 cups packed brown sugar
• 0.5 cups margarine , melted
• 1 pound fresh or frozen sliced strawberries
• 0.33 cups orange juice
• 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
• 2 Reds Delicious apples , cored and diced
• 2 Goldens Delicious apples , cored and diced
• 2 Grannys Smith apples , cored and diced
• 4 seedlesss oranges , peeled and diced
• 1 can crushed pineapple , 20 ounce

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place the rice cereal and nuts into a baking pan. Stir in the brown sugar and margarine. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until toasty. Stir occasionally. Set aside to cool.

2. 2

   In the container of a blender or large food processor, combine the strawberries, orange juice, confectioners' sugar and vanilla sugar. Puree into a smooth sauce. Set aside.

3. 3

   To make the salad, toss the red, green and yellow apples with oranges and pineapple in a large serving bowl. Sprinkle with the nut crunch and spoon strawberry sauce over the top. Or you can serve the toppings on the side.