Cranberry Coconut Fruit Balls Recipe

Cranberry Coconut Fruit Balls Recipe

Ingredients

• Serving Size : 1
• 12 ounces dried apricots
• 1 1/2 cups pecans
• 2 cups fresh cranberries – rinsed and drained
• grated orange peel – from 1 orange
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 pound confectioner’s sugar
• 13 1/2 ounces graham cracker crumbs
• 7 ounces coconut flakes
• red food coloring
• green food coloring

Method

1. Coarsely grind apricots with pecans and cranberries.
2. Stir in orange rind, butter, sugar and crumbs.
3. Wrap and chill for 2 hours.
4. Shape mixture into 3/4 inch balls.
5. Roll balls in coconut.
6. Tint coconut red and green by using a =few drops of food coloring and rubbing each color into coconut.
7. Store in refrigerator until ready to serve.
8. Yield: makes 100 = 3/4 inch balls.

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