Apricot Delights
"These are good on your holiday cookie plates."
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
90 candies
ingredients
- 2⁄3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 (16 ounce) package dried apricots
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 3⁄4 cups pecan halves
- sugar
directions
- In food processor or blender, process orange juice and apricots until pureed.
- Combine apricot mixture and 2 cups sugar in a medium saucepan.
- Over medium high heat, stirring constantly, bring to boil.
- Keep stirring, reduce heat to medium and boil 12-14 minutes.
- Remove from heat and cool for 20 minutes.
- Drop teaspoonfuls of mixture into a small bowl of sugar.
- Press a pecan half into top of each candy.
- Spoon sugar over candy to coat.
- Sprinkle a sheet of wax paper with sugar.
- Use a fork to carefully transfer candy to paper.
- Store between sheets of waxed papers in airtight container.
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<p>I enjoy cooking and especially baking.Love homemade bread.I really enjoy trying new recipes.I have a husband and 5 children,so it is a challenge trying to cook to please them all.Some of my kids are very picky eaters.At this time in my life,I am interested in healthy cooking.I lost 70 lbs with Weight Watchers and am trying to keep it off!</p>
