Cherry Love

Thanks Mary Klein for a really special treat that you brought to the potluck tonight.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup loosely packed, pitted Madjool Dates- About 6-7 the fresher the better. Those are the large sweet dates. Festival has them by the fresh fruit plus all the natural food stores I am sure.


• 1/2 cup packed dried, unsweetened sweet cherries or juice sweetened tart cherries.


• 2/3 cup raw almonds


• 1/3 cup pine nuts


• 1-2 Tablespoons water

Directions:

1. Combine dates, almonds and pine nuts in foo processor and process 1-2 minutes, scraping down the sides a couple of times. Mixture will first come apart, and then break down into finer crumbs, finally holding together in a clump of"dough" that will roll around in the processor. If the dough does not hod together after 1 minute of processing add water 1 Tablespoon at a time until it does.


2. When ingredients are well incorporated, roll dough into quarter sized balls. Store in refrigerator, covered with plastic wrap.

Enjoy!!

Thanks Mary.