Recipe Name Finnish Fruit Soup Submitted by FinnDevil Recipe Description A delicious way to get one of your daily fruit servings. Quantity 0 Quantity Unit Prep Time (minutes) 15 Cook Time (minutes) 60 Ready In (minutes) 75

Ingredients Amount Measure Ingredient 2 cups, halves Apricots, dried, chopped 6 cups (8 fl oz) water 1/2 cup sugar or Splenda 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon ground or 1 whole stick 1 cup (not packed) raisins, seedless 1/2 cup rice 3 ounces shredded cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons Cornstarch Steps Sequence Step 1 Cook apricots in boiling water until tender. Beat with egg beater or mash with fork until stringy. Mix cornstarch with enough cold water to make a thin paste. Mix into soup, stirring well. Add rice and raisins. Cook for about half an hour. Serve hot or cold. 2 Top hot soup with shredded cheddar cheese, or another cheese of your choice.