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Apricot Bonbons Recipe

Chewy apricots paired with crispy rice cereal and pecans are an unbeatable combination. This recipe doesn't require a candy thermometer, plus the mixture stays pliable awhile, so you don't have to rush.

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Apricot Bonbons Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + cooling

Yield: 21 Servings

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Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, cubed
1 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 package (6 ounces) dried apricots, finely chopped
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
2 cups crisp rice cereal
1 cup finely chopped pecans
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a heavy saucepan, combine butter, sugar, egg, apricots, vanilla and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook and stir for 8 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in cereal and pecans. Let stand until cool enough to handle.
Shape into 1-in. balls; roll in confectioners' sugar. Place on baking sheets; let stand until completely cool. Reroll in sugar if desired. Refrigerate in an airtight containers. Yield: about 3-1/2 dozen.

Originally published as Apricot Bonbons in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2002, p38