Dried Fruit & Walnut Cookie Boats
Ingredients
- 5 ounces dry apricots pitted
- 3.5 ounces raisins
- 3.5 ounces prunes pitted
- 1.5 ounce cocoa powder
- 1.5 ounce corn starch
- 9 ounces powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon or orange juice fresh
- 1 egg white
- Optional 1 teaspoon sour cherry brandy or rum
- 35 walnut halves de-shelled
- 2-3 ounces granulated sugar
Instructions
- In a meat grinder, grind apricots, raisins and prunes together.
- Wet (or oil) your hands to prevent sticking and transfer ground fruit into a deeper bowl. Add cocoa powder, starch, powdered sugar, juice and egg white. Mix until completely integrated.
- Transfer granulated sugar into a smaller bowl.
- Make small rolls (½ size of a golf ball) out of the mixture. After forming each ball, flatten it a little bit between your palms, and press a walnut half into it. Afterwards roll in granulated sugar and set on a flat pan or baking sheet.
- Leave in a dark, cool place to dry. Later when they toughen, transfer into a container or a cookie jar, and keep up to two weeks.
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Notes
This amount of ingredients should yield about 35 cookies. Serving size is about 2-3 per person.
Take note that raw egg white was used to congeal the ingredients together. Raw eggs may cause unwanted reactions. Some use apple sauce or sugar syrup as a binding agent instead.
Take note that raw egg white was used to congeal the ingredients together. Raw eggs may cause unwanted reactions. Some use apple sauce or sugar syrup as a binding agent instead.
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