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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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A very Fancy and delicious bon-bon to serve at Christmas - Ingredients:
4 tablespoons butter |
2/3 cup peanut butter |
1/4 cup shortening |
1 egg |
1 cup milk |
1 cup icing sugar |
3 teaspoons baking powder |
1/2 cup dates, cut up fine |
1/2 cup red cherries, cut up fine |
1/2 cup ground walnuts |
1 teaspoon vanilla or 1 teaspoon almond extract |
1 dash salt |
1 (225 g) package semi-sweet chocolate chips |
1 square bitter chocolate, chopped |
3 tablespoons paraffin wax, chopped |
Directions:
1. Cream together melted butter, peanut butter, and shortening. Add Incing sugar and baking powder and blend well.
2. Stir milk and egg together, blend well, and add to peanut butter mixture.
3. Add dates, cherries, walnuts, vanilla and salt. Blend well.
4. Chill mixture for 30 minutes.
5. Roll mixture in small balls. Return to refrigerator.
6. In a medium saucepan, add 2-3 cups water and bring to a boil. In a heatproof bowl add the chocolate chips, chocolate square, and parowax.
7. Remove the saucepan from the heat, and place the bowl over the boiling water making sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl. Stir occasionally until chocolates and parowax have melted and blended well.
8. Roll balls in chocolate and return to refrigerator.
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