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Sugar Plums

Source of Recipe

Saveur Magazine


List of Ingredients

2 cups whole almonds
1⁄4 cup honey
2 teaspoon grated orange zest
11⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
1⁄2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 cup finely chopped dried apricots
1 cup finely chopped pitted dates
1 cup confectioners� sugar



Recipe

� Preheat oven to 400 F. Arrange almonds on a baking sheet in a single layer and toast in oven for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool and then finely chop.

� Meanwhile, combine honey, orange zest, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg in a medium mixing bowl. Add almonds, apricots, and dates and mix well.

� Pinch off rounded, teaspoon-sized pieces of the mixture and roll into balls.

� Roll balls in sugar and refrigerate in single layers between sheets of wax paper. Sugar plums in airtight containers will keep up to one month.