Refrigerator Fruit Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1/2 c. milk (regular)
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 c. Queen Anne cherries, pitted and drained
1 c. crushed pineapple, drained
1 1/2 c. canned pears, drained
1/2 lb. miniature marshmallows
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 c. whipping cream

Preparation

Combine the beaten egg yolks, milk and sugar in top of a double boiler and cook over hot water to form a thin custard, coating spoon.
Cool.
Combine cherries with drained pineapple and cut up pears.
Add marshmallows and lemon juice.
Stir into these ingredients the custard and fold in the stiffly beaten whipping cream.
Pour salad mixture into a large pan and let stand 24 hours in the refrigerator, but not in the freezing unit.