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Cocktail Brandy-Rum Balls

Source of Recipe

From "My Mother's Southern Desserts" by James Villas


Recipe Introduction

"Quite frankly, I've never understood the way Southerners absolutely relish these sorts of sweet confections with cocktails, a character fault on my part, no doubt, that has led Mother more than once to scowl, 'You've just become too much of a Yankee!' ...In any case, when Mother makes these balls for her cocktail parties (and believe me, they're gone in no time), she always makes enough extra ones to add to her fancy gift jars with decorative ribbons intended for special friends."

List of Ingredients

• Two 7½-ounce packages vanilla wafers, crushed into fine crumbs
• ½ cup honey
• ½ cup light or dark rum
• â…“ cup brandy
• 1 pound walnut pieces, finely ground
• Vegetable oil
• Granulated sugar for rolling


Recipe

In a large mixing bowl, combine the wafer crumbs, honey, rum, brandy, and walnuts and mix till well blended.

Rub a little vegetable oil on your hands and roll small pieces of the mixture between your palms to form balls about the size of large marbles.

Roll each ball in granulated sugar and store in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.

Makes about 55 balls.