Christmas Sugar Plums

Make these sugar plums for a healthy Christmas treat!  

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Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup almonds
• 1/4 cup prunes
• 1/8 cup apricots
• 1/4 figs
• 1/4 tsp cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/8 tsp almond extract
• 1 tbl honey
• 1/4 cup course sugar, coconut, cocoa for rolling

Place almonds, prunes, apricots and figs into a food processor and pulse until the mixture has become crumbly.  Add remaining ingredients (except course sugar) and continue to pulse until ingredients are incorporated and roughly chopped, not pureed.   Roll about 2 tablespoons of mixture into balls and roll into desired coating.  Serve on a decorative platter!

Lucy~

1 cup shelled walnuts 1/2 tsp unrefined sea salt zest of 1 orange 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground allspice 1/4 tsp ground coriander 1 cup chopped pitted dates 1/2 chopped unsulphured apricots 1/2 cup chopped pitted prunes powdered unrefined cane sugar or unsweetened dessicated coconut, optional...

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1 cup shelled walnuts 1/2 tsp unrefined sea salt zest of 1 orange 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg 1/4 tsp ground allspice 1/4 tsp ground coriander 1 cup chopped pitted dates 1/2 chopped unsulphured apricots 1/2 cup chopped pitted prunes powdered unrefined cane sugar or unsweetened dessicated coconut, optional...

Read More at nourishedkitchen.com/sugar-plums-recipe/ © Nourished Kitchen