Dipped chocolates
10 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Butter |
| 1 | 15 oz can sweetened condensed milk | |
| 2 | pounds | Plus one cup confectioners' sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Vanilla |
| ½ | teaspoon | Desired flavoring |
| Flaked coconut | ||
| Peanut butter | ||
| Chopped nuts | ||
| Chopped candied fruit or raisins etc. | ||
| 24 | ounces | Semi-sweet chocolate baking chips -plus- |
| 1 | 3-ounce cake of paraffin OR- | |
| 24 ounces of melting chocolate in which case paraffin should be omitted. | ||
Directions
CONFECTIONERS' SUGAR DOUGH
ADDITIONS FOR DOUGH
USE AS DESIRED
Mix butter and milk. With spoon or hands, work in sugar and vanilla. Divide dough into 4 portions. Flavor and add desired ingredients. Chill. Form dough into balls or roll into logs. Chill again.
In the top of a double boiler over simmering water, melt chocolate chips with paraffin (or melt the melting chocolate). Stir well.
With a skewer, dip balls into chocolate mixture. Let drip, then place on waxed paper to harden. Decorate if desired. Chill. Makes 200 pieces of candy.
Recipe by: Unknown source (Mom's Recipe-newspaper clipping) Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 493 by PLK1028<PLK1028@...> on Jan 11, 1998