Food & Fun Recipes

Sugar Plum Recipe

Ingredients (Makes about 3 dozen sugar plums)

• 1 cup pecans or sunflower seeds
• zest of 1 orange
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon grated nutmeg
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 cup chopped pitted dates
• ½ cup chopped dried apricots
• ½ cup chopped pitted prunes
• powdered sugar or shredded coconut, optional

Instruction

1. Place all the ingredients except the powdered sugar or coconut in a food processor.
2. Pulse the mixture three to four times to combine, then process until a paste forms - about four or five minutes.
3. Transfer the paste to a mixing bowl and form the sugar plums by rolling about two tablespoons of the paste in the palms of your hands until a round ball forms.
4. Roll in the powdered sugar or shredded coconut.