Recipe - Fruit Sweets

1 pack (8oz) pitted dates
1 cn (3.5oz) flaked coconut
One half cup Chopped nuts
One half pound Dried figs
1 tablespoon Orange juice
1 teaspoon Grated orange rind

Put dates, coconut, nuts, and figs through food chopper. Knead in the
orange juice and rind. Press into greased loafpan, or shape into balls.
Shaped small balls may be rolled in toasted, chopped coconut, or finely
ground nuts. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

From The Progressive Farmer's Southern Country Cookbook, by the editors
of the 'Progressive Farmer Magazine'. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe
Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.