Yummy bites

I love an easy recipe that can be whipped up in the food processor.

We have the large flaked coconut in our cupboard.  My boys really do not like the texture of it. Therefore I chopped the coconut in the food processor until it was almost creamy before adding the other ingredients.

You will get different consistency depending on how long you process and whether you process each ingredient together or separately.

Orange Cranberry Coconut Bites

1/2 cup dates

1/2 cup walnuts

1/2 cup mixture of cranberries, prunes, raisins.

1 cup coconut

1tbs. orange juice

2tsp. orange zest. Preferably organic

dash salt

Optional:

powdered sugar and more orange zest for rolling

or maple syrup and orange zest as a glaze.

1. Add first four ingredients to the food processor with chopping blade. Turn on high until everything is chopped very fine and resembles course sand. See note above if you would like finer coconut.

2. Add orange zest, salt and orange juice. Pulse until it comes together.

3. Take spoon and gather a heaping teaspoon of mixture and roll into a ball.  If it is too sticky chill for 10 minutes.  If it does not stick together pulse longer or add a little more juice.

4. Roll balls. Makes 12-18 depending on size. They are good alone but we have also rolled in powdered sugar with zest and poured a glaze on top.

They freeze well and can be refrigerated to extend shelf life.