Pink Almond Pearls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 oz.) can almond paste
1 c. sifted confectioners sugar
2 Tbsp. water
1/2 c. finely chopped seedless raisins
1/2 c. finely chopped dried apricots
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. rum flavoring or extract (brandy flavoring may be used)
Pink Icing

Preparation

Combine all
ingredients except icing in a medium sized bowl. Mix with
fork
to
blend
completely
(mixture will be stiff). Roll 1
teaspoon
at
a
time into marble sized balls between palms of hands.
Drop into Pink Icing.