This makes one batch. I often double this recipe (as you can tell from the picture above!!!),  but don’t triple it (I’ve tried, and it doesn’t work as well). This recipe is very flexible in terms of the nuts and dried fruit. But don’t mess with the amount of honey & granulated sugar, or getting it to the hard crackle stage.

• 3/4 cup granulated sweetener like: Granulated Maple Sugar, Granulated Date Sugar or Granulated Coconut Sugar
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/2 cup chopped almonds
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans - walnuts are nice too. Toast the nuts briefly before chopping them, by putting them in a dry skillet for 5-10 minutes (Keep an eye on them so you don’t burn them)
• 1/2 cup chopped dried apricots
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup dried cherries, prunes or goji berries (gojis make a lovely red accent) – or all of them
• grate 3 – 4 or more tablespoons of fresh ginger – depends on how much you like ginger. Tip: To make ginger easy to grate, freeze it, then you can grate it – peel and all.
• 3/4 cup matzah farfel (matzah pieces)…if you don’t have farfel, just break up matzah into little pieces. I use spelt matzah pieces, so that this recipe works for those with wheat sensitivities.
• melted chocolate for dipping – optional. I use grain sweetened chocolate chips (avoid the refined sugar).

• Bring honey and sugar to a boil in a deep saucepan. 
• Bring to hard crackle stage.  Use a candy thermometer to tell it’s at hard crackle – 300 degrees.  If you don’t have a candy thermometer drop the mix in cold water, then feel the texture to see if it hardens quickly.
• Once the mix is ready, quickly add in the nuts, fruit, ginger and farfel. Mix it hard and fast. 
• Spread it out onto parchment paper. 
• Dip a big wooden spoon or paddle in cold water and slap the imberlach hard to compress the flatten the mix.
• Allow it to cool and harden. Before it is completely hard, cut it into pieces.
• Once it is completely cooled, dip either a corner or the whole piece into chocolate.

Enjoy!

Chag Sameach – Happy Holiday!

Love and health,

Nina

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Nina Manolson, MA, CHC, LMT is the Smokin’ Hot Mom Mentor and Family Wellness Expert. She’s the founder of SmokinHotMom.com and HealthyYummyKids.com. She helps busy moms look and feel their best, and helps them feed their kids well in a world that doesn’t. To get your F.R.E.E. Audio CD by mail and receive her healthy recipes and wellness tips click here.

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