Sugar Plums (gift-giving)

Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup dried apricot


• 1/2 cup chopped pecans


• 1/4 cup dried fig


• 1/4 cup golden raisin


• 1/4 cup flaked coconut


• 3 tablespoons orange-flavored liqueur


• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 finely chop apricot, pecans, figs, raisins and coconut by hand or in a food processor.


• 2 add liquer; blend well.


• 3 shape into 1" balls by rolling between the palms of your hands.


• 4 roll each ball in sugar.


• 5 store in air-tight containers in the refrigerator between sheets of wax paper for up to 1 month.


• 6 to package: place several sugar plums in a doily cone.


• 7 arrange in a shallow basket and add a sprig of holly.


• 8 add pretty bows or ribbon.


• 9 note: i always double the recipe because i seem to roll the balls larger than 1" and do not yield 36 without doubling it and sometimes then i still do not get the full yield.