Recipe for cooking apricot roll

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Candies and Confections

Apricot Roll

At Christmastime, add a few chopped red and green candied cherries with the pecans.

2 c. sugar
1 c. milk
12 oz. dried apricots, chopped fine
1 Tbsp. butter
2 c. chopped pecans
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
Dash of salt

Boil sugar and milk mixture until it thickens (236 degrees F on candy thermometer), stirring constantly.

Add apricots and boil until they melt into the syrup and mixture reaches about 230 degrees F on candy thermometer.

Remove from heat and beat hard. Add butter, pecans, vanilla extract or flavoring and salt. Beat candy until it begins to harden.

Pour onto a wet, smooth cloth and roll to desired diameter. Cool; then store in refrigerator. Cut in thin slices to serve.

Makes approximately a 2-lb. roll.