Apricot Confection

Ingredients

• 2 cups coconut or flaked
• 8 ounces apricots dried
• 3  eggs 
• 7.5 ounces vanilla wafers crushed
• 0.8 cup walnuts chopped
• 0.5 cup sugar white

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. Snip apricots into small strips.
2. Sprinkle with water and let stand in a sealed container overnight.
3. Combine eggs, sugar, and apricots. In a lightly buttered skillet cook the apricot mixture over low heat for 10 minutes. Stir in the nuts, vanilla wafer crumbs and 1/2 of the coconut.
4. Shape mixture into small balls.
5. Roll balls in the remaining coconut. Store in a tightly covered box. These taste best after aging for a few days.