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Gillian’s Snack Balls

Avatar photoRonnie Fein • Aug 13, 2012 (Updated: Aug 20, 2019)
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Fruit Filled Snack Balls

Fruit Filled Snack Balls

Fruit Filled Snack Balls

Gillian’s Snack Balls

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Ingredients

  • 8-10 large dried figs coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup pitted prunes halved
  • 3/4 cup dried cranberries
  • 6 large medjool dates coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup quick cooking oats
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1-1/2 to 2 teaspoons fresh grated orange peel
  • tablespoon honey
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut

Instructions

  • Place the figs, prunes, cranberries, dates, oats, applesauce, orange peel and honey in a food processor and process for about one minute or until the ingredients are well combined and form a soft pasty ball. Use a spoon to take enough paste to form one-inch balls. Roll the balls in coconut. Makes about 4 dozen.
Category: Recipes
Diets: Gluten FreeHealthyPareve
Styles: Kid-Friendly
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About Ronnie Fein

Ronnie Fein gave up a fast-track, high-pay job as an associate at a major Wall
Street law firm to become a freelance food and lifestyle writer. She never looked
back, no regrets. Over the years she has written for the food sections of daily
newspapers including Newsday, The Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate and
Greenwich Time, and for numerous publications including the New Jewish Voice,
Connecticut Bride, Connecticut Magazine, Jewish Woman Magazine, Westport
and Greenwich Magazines, Consumer’s Digest, New Canaan Advertiser and
others. She writes for on-line sites including The Jewish Week and JoyofKosher.
She has her own food blog, called Kitchen Vignettes, at www.ronniefein.com and
has been a guest blogger at Kveller.com, Koshereye.com,
ThisAmericanBite.com, KosherLikeMe.com, BeyondBubbe.com and
Culinate.com.
Ronnie is the author of four cookbooks: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Cooking
Basics, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to American Cooking, Hip Kosher, and The
Modern Kosher Kitchen
. She was also a contributing editor to The New Cook’s
Catalogue, the 25th anniversary edition of the James Beard original.
Ronnie gives cooking demonstrations for large groups and operates the Ronnie
Fein School of Creative Cooking in Stamford, Connecticut, where she lives with
her husband. She has two married daughters and five grandchildren.

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  1. Sarah Klinkowitz

    Aug 19, 2012 at 5:34 am

    Ronnie, this look so healthy and delicious!

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