Cookie Recipes: Fig Balls by Recipe Cottage

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	Fig Balls

		DOLCE ALLA FICI - (Fig Balls) 1/2 lb Italian figs 1/4 cup toasted almonds or other nuts Rind of 1/2 orange 1 teaspoon.vanilla 2 tablespoons orange or lemon juice Wash the figs and put them in a colander over a pot of hot water. Cover colander and steam figs over medium flame 10 minutes. Remove and cool. Grind figs with almonds and orange peel. Add vanilla and orange juice to ground figs, and mix thoroughly. If mixture is too firm to handle easily, add a little more orange juice or lemon juice. Take heaping teaspoonsfuls of mixture and form into balls with palms of hands. Roll in grandulated sugar. Makes 2 dozen small balls.