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Dried Fruit Cookies

Nicole Spiridakis
Dried fruit and nuts combine in these dried fruit cookies, which are slicked with an optional bittersweet chocolate glaze.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 184 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup walnuts
  • ½ pound dried cherries
  • ½ pound dried Turkish figs
  • ½ pound dried apricots
  • ½ pound pitted prunes
  • ¼ pound dried cranberries
  • 1-2 tablespoon orange juice
  • Powdered sugar for dredging
  • 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate coarsely chopped or as chips

Instructions
 

  • Put the walnuts in the bowl of a food processor and process them to chop finely. Remove the walnuts to a large mixing bowl.
  • Rinse the bowl of food processor, wipe it dry, and fill it with the dried fruit. Pulse the machine to chop the fruit finely, trying to make sure no piece is larger than a pea (also try not to let it get gummy/sticky). Put the fruit in the bowl with the walnuts, and stir them to mix. Add 1 tablespoon orange juice and stir to combine. Pinch off a smallish wad of the fruit-nut mixture: when you roll it between your palms, does it hold together in a tight ball? If not, add a bit more juice until it does.
  • Put about ½cup of powdered sugar into a small bowl. Pinch off little mounds of the fruit-nut mixture, shape them into 1-inch balls, roll each ball lightly in powdered sugar to coat, and place them on a baking sheet. Let the balls stand at room temperature, uncovered, for 24 hours.
  • The next day, if using, melt the chocolate. Dip each each ball half-in the chocolate, and then let stand until chocolate has cooled.

Notes

adapted from orangette

Nutrition

Calories: 184kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 4mgPotassium: 280mgFiber: 4gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 770IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 1mg
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