{"id":533,"slug":"candied-apricots","title":"Candied Apricots","description":"This is a very easy recipe made with only a few ingredients. The apricots can be served with chicken, pork or Turkish dolma pilav. This should be enough for two people but it can easily be scaled up.","ingredients_raw":["6–10+ dried apricots","About 1 cup water","A generous handful of sugar","Walnuts (optional)"],"ingredients_norm":["+ dried apricot","water","sugar","walnut"],"steps":["Soak dried apricots in a large volume of water for around 10 minutes.","Combine the 1 cup water and the sugar, and taste to adjust sweetness.","Bring sugar mixture to a boil and add apricots.","Simmer until the liquid is reduced. The traditional consistency is close to a light syrup."],"categories":["Apricot recipes","Recipes using apricot","Recipes using granulated sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":15,"servings":"2","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Candied_Apricots","source_ref":"4595352","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Candied_Apricots&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"0e4606f7338df6efaa373d8b4314c79ea683a60a3267e84ea8e173b1059c2d78","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:57Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:57Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/candied-apricots"}