apricot confection

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• 7 1/2 ounces vanilla wafers, crushed
• 8 ounces dried apricots

Recipe

• snip apricots into small strips. sprinkle with water and let stand in a sealed container overnight.
• combine eggs, sugar, and apricots. in a lightly buttered skillet cook the apricot mixture over low heat for 10 minutes. stir in the nuts, vanilla wafer crumbs and 1/2 of the coconut.
• shape mixture into small balls. roll balls in the remaining coconut. store in a tightly covered box. these taste best after aging for a few days.