Honey-Orange Crumb Cookies

• 4 medium oranges, washed and dried
• 2 cups honey
• 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs
• 2 cups finely chopped toasted walnuts
• Vegetable oil for rolling the cookies
• A heavy-bottomed saucepan, 3-quart capacity; a clean, smooth, hard countertop or other work surface, about 2 feet square, such as a large metal baking sheet; a long metal spatula; parchment-lined tray or baking sheet

1. With a sharp paring knife or vegetable peeler, shave off the peel of the oranges in long strips.
2. Scrape away the bitter white pith from the inside of the peel, then dice the strips of zest into small pieces, about 1/4 inch square.
3. You should have about a cup of diced peel.
4. (Enjoy the rest of the orange as a fruit.)
5. Pour the honey into the saucepan, set the pan over medium heat, and stir in the cut orange peel.
6. Slowly bring the honey to a simmer, and cook, stirring frequently, until the squares of peel are slightly translucent, about 3 minutes.
7. Stir the bread crumbs and 1 cup of the chopped walnuts into the honey, and return to a simmer.
8. Stirring frequently, simmer the mixture gently for 6 minutes or so, until the bread crumbs have absorbed most of the honey, forming a dough that pulls away from the sides of the pan.
9. Take the pan off the heat.
10. With a brush or your fingers, spread a thin film of vegetable oil on your clean countertop or other hard work surface.
11. Scrape the dough out of the pan onto the oiled surface and, with the lightly oiled blade of the metal spatula, spread it into a rough round or oblong layer, about 1/2 inch thick.
12. Pour the remaining cup of chopped walnuts onto a plate or tray.
13. Rub a bit of vegetable oil on your fingers and hands (so the dough wont stick), break off a bunch of teaspoon-sized pieces of warm dougha dozen or soand rapidly roll them into bite-sized balls, the size of grapes.
14. While still warm, roll the balls in the nuts, so the whole surface gets a light nut coating, and place them on the parchment-lined tray.
15. Working quickly, shape another batch of balls, and coat them with nuts.
16. When cool, store panmelati in a cookie tin or other airtight container, lined with wax paper.
17. They will keep for about a week.

oranges, honey, bread crumbs, walnuts, vegetable oil, saucepan

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/honey-orange-crumb-cookies-372328 (may not work)