| CATEGORY | CUISINE | TAG | YIELD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairy | Candy, To post, Posted bake | 48 | Servings | |
INGREDIENTS
| 1 | lb | Powdered Sugar |
| 1 | Stick Margarine | |
| 2 | tb | Evaporated Milk |
| 1/2 | ts | Vanilla, or more to taste |
| 1 | Square Inch Paraffin | |
| 4 | Squares Semisweet Chocolate | |
| 2 | tb | Butter -Icing— |
| 2 | c | Powdered Sugar |
| 4 | tb | Shortening |
| Milk, * see note | ||
| 2 | tbs. instant cocoa. |
INSTRUCTIONS
*Use enough milk in icing to make it firm but useable. FOR THE CANDY: Cream sugar, margarine, milk, and vanilla; form into 1" balls using hands if necessary. Put in freezer for 1/2 hour. Melt chocolate, paraffin, and butter in a small heatproff dish over low heat. Dip balls in chocolate. Keep in covered tin in refrigerator. Makes 4 dozen To Dip: Spear chilled candy on toothpick and quickly dip and swirl to cover completely; push off with second toothpick and drop a chocolate drop from tip of pick to cover hole in candy. Suggestions: At Easter, form into egg shapes and vary the flavoring: Cherry--subsittute maraschino cherry juice for milk and add 3 tbs. finely chopped cherries. Peanut Butter--add 3 tbs. peanut butter and decrease butter by 2 tbs. Coconut--add 3 tbs. finely chopped coconut. Chocolate--add FOR THE ICING: Mix all ingredients. Food coloring optional. Source: "Mountain Measures"---Junior League of Charleston, WV ed. 1974 Recipe by: Mrs. Jerry L. Frazier Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #636 by Bill Spalding <billspa@icanect.net> on Jun 06, 1997
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