Ingredients

• 2 cups almonds
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/2 cups whole dried apricots
• 15 pitted Medjool dates (about 1 cup)
• Pinch of salt
• Zest of one orange
• Refined sugar for rolling
• Powdered sugar for dusting

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 400°.
2. Spread almonds into a single layer on a cookie sheet. Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until almonds are roasted and slightly brown.
3. Add almonds to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until chopped into fine pieces, about the size of a match head.
4. Add honey, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, apricots, dates and orange zest to the almonds. Pulse until mixture is well chopped and beginning to clump.
5. To form sugar plums, pinch off a tablespoon of mixture and roll into a ball. When all sugar plums are formed, roll the sugar plums in white sugar, then when completed, dust the top with powdered sugar.