Christmas Candy Roll - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
1 c. thin cream
1 lb. dates
1 lb. shredded coconut
1 or 2 c. nuts
1 lb. figs
1 lb. raisins
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cook, sugar, cream and vanilla until it forms a soft ball. Run remaining ingredients through a food processor or blender and then add to sugar mixture.
Stir until stiff, then knead on board sprinkled with powdered sugar until you can mold into a roll. Make 1 or 2 rolls a little more than an inch in diameter.
Wrap in a damp cloth separately and set away to ripen for at least 2 weeks.
Very good!