Dried Plum Candy aka Drunken Prune Bites
From notyourmomma 16 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 12
I like my savory stuffed dates wrapped in bacon for appetizers but Mom used to have these on hand for dessert time with coffee and brandy. Not a big dessert, just a little sweet hit of somethin' somethin' to finish off a meal.
Ingredients
- Large prunes, or dates pitted shopping list
- bourbon, or use sherry, Madeira or Port shopping list
- marshmallows, halved shopping list
- Jumbo pecan havles or large almonds shopping list
- Granulated sugar shopping list
How to make it
- No amounts given, just make as many as you feel.
- Mom would steam the prunes to soften them. The boiling water had a cinnamon stick, 3 cloves and a lemon peel. She would use one of those fold up steamer contraptions and the prunes didn't touch the water, they just soaked up the steam.
- Soak the steamed prunes in bourbon or liquor of choice for at least one hour. (She had a lemon peel in this booze too)
- Fill each prune with one half of a marshmallow and a pecan half.
- Kind of seal the edges back together and roll the whole thing in a lot of granulated sugar. Leave on wax papper until dry enough to handle. Wrap up separately in wax paper. Store in tins.
- (Another holiday food gift idea)
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