Christmas is indeed drawing near as Mudrah is now in full speed making goodies for giveways. Yesterday she made the Cheese Pastillas which i decided to blog about a little later as my energy is hyped up right now to blog about Choco truffles. Let's just say I am Loko over Choco. According to Mudrah this is the first time she will be making this and everybody seems excited to get to try out the outcome of this recipe. In fact, there are 2 extra little helping hands that have been hovering around the preparation table, one age 6 and the other age 14 (you know who you are!!!) So here's the recipe...
Ingredients:
200 grams crushed Graham Crackers (if you do not have the crushed ones, use 18 pcs Graham Crackers and crush them.)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
1/2 cup cashew nuts, chopped
1/2 cup melted butter
3/4 cup condensed milk
coating:
300 grams melted chocolate
sprinkles
Procedure:
Combine crushed Graham crackers, cocoa powder, and confectioner's sugar in a bowl. Sift if needed to assure that the concoction is well blended.
Add in the nuts and mix again until nuts have been evenly distributed.
Pour in melted butter and condensed milk and mix until it has been blended well.
Form and shape into balls ideally about 1-inch in size. Note that balling can be a bit tasking as the mixture has a tendency to crumble. Be ready to sweat a bit and put your balling skills into good use.
Refrigerate to set.
Dip balls in melted chocolate.
Top with sprinkles.
Mudrah had a little trouble dipping the balls in melted chocolate and putting them onto paper cups without making a mess. She said that mixing some lard into the melted chocolate would make this easier as the chocolate would set faster after dipping. 1 tsp shortening for every cup of chocolate (aaproximately 6 ounces). Well maybe next time that's what we'd do :)
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