Stewed Dried Fruit
From Observatory
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- Ingredients
- ½ pound dried fruit
- ¼ to ½ cup sugar
- Utensils
- Covered saucepan
- Directions
1.
Wash the fruit very carefully in plenty of water.
2.
Put the fruit in a saucepan, cover with water, and let it stand overnight.
3.
Set the saucepan over a slow fire, cover it, let the fruit come to a boil, and then simmer for two hours.
4.
Add the sugar to the fruit, and when it is dissolved take the saucepan from the fire and let the fruit cool.
- Remarks
Apricots and peaches require more, and figs and prunes less, sugar than apples.
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