Waldorf Salad With Grapes & Walnuts

My mother used to make this salad
on holidays. ~ The salad gets it's name
from the famous Waldorf Astoria Hotel's
restaurant, which opened on March 13,
1893. The first event held at the hotel
was on March 14th and the chef created
and first introduced this salad then.

Ingredients:

3 cups chopped unpared tart red apples (about 2 apples)**

2/3 cup diced celery

2/3 cup seedless red grapes, halved

2/3 cup broken walnuts (toasted or candied)

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1 1/2 teaspoons Dr. Oetker Whip It (optional)***

1/4 cup mayonnaise

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method:

Combine the apples, celery, grapes and walnuts in a medium bowl. 

Whip the cream (and the Whip It) until stiff peaks form.

In a separate bowl whisk together the mayo, sugar and lemon juice.  Fold into the whipped cream. 

Fold the cream and mayo mixture into the fruit mixture. Serves  8 to 10.

**Fuji or Envy apples work well, but whatever your favorite variety of red apple is will work.

***I add "Whip It", by Dr. Oetker, to my cream, because it helps it to hold it's shape, but this is optional.