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- From: ables@mcc.ARPA (King Ables)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Rum balls
- Date: 3 Jan 86 03:45:14 GMT
- Organization: Microelectronics Computer Corporation, Austin TX
- Approved: reid@glacier.ARPA
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE RUM-BALLS D "23 Dec 85" 1986
- .RZ "RUM/BOURBON BALLS" "Intoxicating chocolate snack with rum or bourbon"
- I got this from my mom who uses more alcohol than the original
- recipe called for but less than I like to use. It makes a great
- party snack.
- .IH "Makes about 30 small balls"
- .IG "3 cups" "vanilla wafers" "250 g"
- (crushed)
- .IG "1 cup" "powered sugar" "130 g"
- .IG "1 1/2 cups" "chopped nuts" "180 g"
- .IG "1 1/2 Tbsp" "cocoa powder" "25 ml"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "white corn syrup" "30 ml"
- (honey also works well)
- .IG "1/2 cup" "rum or bourbon" "100 ml"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Mix all dry ingredients and set aside.
- .SK 2
- Mix corn syrup or honey with rum or bourbon to thin the syrup.
- .SK 3
- Blend wet mixture into dry ingredients with fork. Mix well.
- Allow to sit for 1\-2 hours.
- .SK 4
- At this point, if you let it sit a couple of hours, you can come
- back and add another
- .AB "\(12 cup" "100 ml"
- of rum or bourbon and let sit again.
- This process may be repeated a few times to your taste. The last
- time, the mix should sit a couple of hours so it's not \fIreally\fR moist.
- There's a good midpoint between too moist and too dry where rolling
- into balls won't be difficult (too wet) or cause crumbling (too dry).
- .SK 5
- Roll into balls, then roll in powered sugar to make a sugar coating.
- .NX
- When rolling in powered sugar, the moister they are, the more sugar
- will be absorbed over time. They may need another roll in
- the sugar right before serving.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy to moderate.
- .I Time:
- \(12 to 1 hour preparation; 3 or more hours waiting.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- King Ables
- Microelectronics Computer Corporation, Austin, Texas
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