Recipe for cooking Sugar Plums

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

Sugar Plums

Source: Yankee Magazine: The Magazine of New England Living

1 c. raisins
1 c. bite-size pitted prunes
1 c. pitted dates
1 c. currants
1 c. candied cherries, dried cherries or dried cranberries
1 c. walnuts
1/2 to 3/4 c. powdered sugar
Sugar

Using a food processor, grind the fruit and nuts and mix well. Work into the mixture as much powdered sugar as it takes to form 1-in. balls. Roll balls in sugar and refrigerate in single layers between sheets of wax paper in airtight containers for up to 1 month.

Yield: 4 1/2 dozen