Sugar Plums (Gift-giving)

My favorite Christmas Goodie! Either for yourself or for gift-giving, these are the tastes around which special memories are built....

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup  dried apricot
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans
• 1⁄4 cup dried fig
• 1⁄4 cup golden raisin
• 1⁄4 cup flaked coconut
• 3  tablespoons  orange-flavored liqueur
• 1⁄4 cup sugar

Directions

1. Finely chop apricot, pecans, figs, raisins and coconut by hand or in a food processor.
2. Add liquer; blend well.
3. Shape into 1" balls by rolling between the palms of your hands.
4. Roll each ball in sugar.
5. Store in air-tight containers in the refrigerator between sheets of wax paper for up to 1 month.
6. To package: Place several sugar plums in a doily cone.
7. Arrange in a shallow basket and add a sprig of holly.
8. Add pretty bows or ribbon.
9. NOTE: I always double the recipe because I seem to roll the balls larger than 1" and do not yield 36 without doubling it and sometimes then I still do not get the full yield.