Categories: conserves, jams, jelly, marmalades, preserves

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. dried peaches
• 1/2 lb. dried apricots
• 1/2 lb. prunes
• 1 orange
• 12 cup seedless raisins
• 1/4 cup nut meats
• 1 1/4 lbs. sugar

Directions

1. Wash, soak and simmer dried fruits until very tender, then press though a sieve. Grate orange, add peel and juice to fruits, also raisins, chopped fine, and nuts meats cut into small pieces. Simmer all together 10 minutes; then add sugar and cook until rich and thick.
2. (use boiling water bath method from canning purposes as the old method is less reliable)

3. makes about 3 pints

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