Here's another good "gift" holiday recipe. Every Christmas for as long as I've known her, Jane Arndt in our old home town of Big Rapids, MI, makes her family recipe Persian Sweets. It is similar to an old family recipe of mine, which has been lost. So I get my yearly holiday "fix" from Jane.

Jane's Persian Sweets

1 10-oz box of prunes
1 box dates
1 box dark raisins
1 box light raisins
1 bag figs
1 container dried apricots or peaches
1 pckg coconut

1. Run all of the above through a food grinder.
2. Add 1 T orange juice
3. Knead well.
4. Roll into small balls and roll in coconut or chopped nuts
5. Chill. Then store in tins.

Jane: Amounts don't really have to be that precise. I like a lighter color so I use more light raisins and apricots. I have used flavored prunes (orange) the last two years, too.