Bonbons

Description

This recipe was made by my mother only around Christmas time. Now, I carry on the tradition of this sweet confection.

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine, softened
• 2 pounds confectioners’ sugar, sifted
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 3 cups coconut
• 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening

Instructions

1. In large bowl
2. combine margarine
3. confectioners’ sugar
4. condensed milk
5. coconut
6. chopped walnuts and vanilla. Stir well. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours
7. or until mixture has thickened enough to roll into balls. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place close together
8. but not touching
9. on cookie sheets. Freeze until hard.
10. While bonbons are freezing
11. line a cookie sheet or flat surface with waxed paper. Combine chocolate chips and shortening in the top of a double boiler
12. over
13. not in
14. simmering water. Stir until melted. Using a toothpick or a fork
15. dip each bonbon in the melted chocolate. Place on waxed paper to dry. When chocolate has hardened
16. store bonbons in plastic bag in the freezer.

Prep Time: 2 hrs

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 75