Grape Salad- A recipe from my Mom

Sitting here this cold-early morning sorting recipes. I have an outrageous amount of recipes that have been tested but even more that haven't. I am excited to try them all!

During this organization I ran across this oldie but goodie. My Mom made it all the time (always saving a serving for me with out the pecans). People loved it! I just googled it to see if I could find a photo and it turns out that Paula Deen also has several variations of the recipe, one including cheddar cheese.....hmmm. Here is Mom's recipe, what I will always consider the original!

Grape Salad

Recipe by Marion Barrington


1 ½ lbs. green grapes, seedless
1 ½ lbs. red grapes, seedless
8 oz. sour cream
8 oz. cream cheese
tsp. vanilla extract
½ cup white granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped


Wash and dry grapes, be sure to dry grapes very well or recipe will be soupy. In a large bowl mix sour cream, cream cheese, vanilla extract and white sugar until smooth. Mix in the well dried grapes (note, grapes should be kept whole).


Mix brown sugar and pecans together in a small bowl.


In a large serving or Trifle bowl layer grape mixture and topping mixture starting and ending with the topping mixture.