Apricot, Nuts-Orange Balls Recipe
Ingredients:
- 10 oz dried apricots; or peaches,7 oz/cup
- 2/3 cup hazelnuts, or walnuts, almonds, or pecans
- 2/3 cup sugar, powdered
- 2 tsp grated orange zest
- 2 tbsp orange juice, or rum
- 3 oz bittersweet chocolate
Directions:
- Toast nuts: Preheat oven to 350 F. Spread nuts in shallow pan and bake 5-10 minutes. Pulse apricots and nuts in food processor just until finely chopped.
- Place mixture in bowl, stir in sugar, orange zest, and orange juice. Roll mixture into 1" balls and arrange close together in shallow pan.
- Melt chocolate in glass measuring cup in microwave on High for about 1 minute. Drizzle chocolate over tops of candies, or spoon chocolate in plastic sandwich bag, cut tiny hole in one corner, and pipe chocolate over candies.