Recipe - Macadamia Snowballs

Cross TMPJ72B
8 tablespoon Unsalted butter at room;
temperature
1 cup Allpurpose flour
4 tablespoon Dark rum
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 One fourth cup Finely chopped macadamia nut
1 tablespoon Vegetable shortening
1 cup Confectoners' sugar

1. Cream the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer.

2. Continue beating and gradually add the flour, rum, vanilla and salt.
Combine well. 3. With the motor off, add chopped macadamia nuts, then beat
again on a slow speed until nuts are mixed through evenly. 4. Wrap dough in
plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. 5. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. 6.
Grease a cookie sheet with shortening. Form balls by hand so they are 3/4
inch in diameter (the size of a quarter). Bake on middle rack of oven for
35 minutes. 7. Remove from oven. Cool slightly and roll in confect ioners'
sugar. When completely cool, roll in sugar again to give a snowy
appearance. COMMENTS: These bitesize confections blend two intriguing
flavors...rum and crunchy macadamia nuts from the South Pacific. They are
great to make ahead and keep fresh in a pretty tin through the
holidays...if they last that long. Source: L.A. Times Parade Magazine
December, 1987 Reformatted by: CYGNUS, HCPM52C
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #953 by Nancy Berry nlberry@prodigy.net on
Dec 11, 1997