Thursday, December 18, 2014

Vintage Christmas Recipe Series #5 - Cherry-Date Holiday Balls




The fifth in the series comes from a 1963 edition of a Pillsbury Family Cook Book: 


Cherry-Date Holiday Balls

2 eggs, we'll beaten
1 cup sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
1 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup packaged flaked coconut
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
36 candied cherries

Oven 350 degrees F. (180 degrees C)     Yield: 36 balls

Combine eggs, sugar, nuts, dates, coconut, almond and vanilla extracts and salt.
Place in buttered 8-inch (20cm) square pan. 
Bake at 350 degrees F. (180 degrees C) for 30 minutes, stirring mixture thoroughly every 10 minutes. Remove from oven and stir well. Cool and shape into balls around cherries,
Roll in confectioners sugar.



With love from,



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