Apricot Delights

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
• 1 (16 ounce) package dried apricots
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups pecan halves
• sugar

Recipe

• 1 in food processor or blender, process orange juice and apricots until pureed.
• 2 combine apricot mixture and 2 cups sugar in a medium saucepan.
• 3 over medium high heat, stirring constantly, bring to boil.
• 4 keep stirring, reduce heat to medium and boil 12-14 minutes.
• 5 remove from heat and cool for 20 minutes.
• 6 drop teaspoonfuls of mixture into a small bowl of sugar.
• 7 press a pecan half into top of each candy.
• 8 spoon sugar over candy to coat.
• 9 sprinkle a sheet of wax paper with sugar.
• 10 use a fork to carefully transfer candy to paper.
• 11 store between sheets of waxed papers in airtight container.