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Orange Balls

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 60 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Vanilla wafers - (11 oz)
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozButter or margarine - (1 stick) - softened
2 cups 396g / 13ozPowdered sugar
1   Frozen orange juice concentrate - (6 oz) - slightly thawed
2 cups 186g / 6.6ozFlaked coconut - (to 3 cups)

Recipe Instructions

Crush vanilla wafers in a plastic bag. With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until well-mixed. And orange juice; mix well. By hand, blend in crushed vanilla wafers.

(Food processor directions: Crush vanilla wafers in food processor fitted with steel blade. And butter, sugar and orange juice; process 10 to 15 seconds, or until well-mixed.)

Roll mixture into small balls, then roll balls in coconut. Cover; refrigerate or freeze.

Yields about 5 dozen (1 inch) balls.

Testers notes: Simple-to-prepare, no-bake recipe with an attractive appearance. Great on a cookie tray because of the tangy, citrus taste. These cookies become soft if not stored in refrigerator or freezer.

Source:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 12-07-1998

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