Fig Sugar Plums Recipe
Recipe Ingredients
FIG SUGAR PLUMS
Recipe Preparation
With your hands, pull California dried figs gently into their original
shape, smoothing out wrinkles and perking up stems. With a sharp,
small knife, slit the smoothest side of the figs. Stuff them plump
and full with any of the following goodies:
* half of mint or wintergreen cream patties * half of chocolate
covered mint patties * salted nuts * toasted walnut meats *
marshmallow, slit, with piece of chocolate tucked into it * wedge of
candied ginger * ground nuts mixed with honey * fondant * ground or
chopped salted peanuts mixed with peanut butter * blanched almonds,
dried slowly in oven * candied cherry * chunk of candied pineapple
Arrange these good-to-eat and good-to-look-at figs on pretty tray.
Place candle into a stem-clipped fig, which will serve happily as
candle stick. Conversation piece -- and pi`ce de resistance!
Source: 48 Family Favorites with California Figs Reprinted with the
permission of The California Fig Advisory Board Electronic format
courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Servings: 1
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