Pink Snow Balls

Name: Pink Snow Balls
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 15
Ingredients: 125 g butter, room temperature; 125 ml cream; 200 g jam, any flavor i used raspberry jam; 125 g castor sugar; 625 ml self rising flour; 5 ml red food coloring; 1 1/2 c desiccated coconut; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 375 ml boiling water

By Mike Chetty
@MikesKitchen

These delicious decadent snow balls are cake like treats,coated in pink coconut I'm unsure of the origin's of this Pretty in Pink Treat. They resemble whoopie pies: Snow balls are neither a cookie or a pie. They have a soft cake like texture but can be moulded and shaped like scones.

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote5

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Serves:

Prep:

25 Min

Cook:

15 Min

Ingredients

125 g

butter, room temperature
125 ml

cream
200 g

jam, any flavor i used raspberry jam
125 g

castor sugar
625 ml

self rising flour
5 ml

red food coloring
1 1/2 c

desiccated coconut
1 tsp

vanilla extract
375 ml

boiling water
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How to Make Pink Snow Balls

Step-by-Step

sift flour
cream butter and castor sugar
add cream and continue to whisk until soft and fluffy
add flour to cream mixture
and knead to make a soft dough
divide dough into 24 balls and then flatten and place onto a cookie sheet or muffin pan
prepare baking pan by applying a spread of melted butter and then sprinkle some flour onto pan shaking off any excess flour
place flattened balls onto baking pan then place into a preheated oven set at 180 degrees centigrade and bake for 15 minutes
meanwhile add boiling water to the jam of your choice and beat together with a whisk, until smooth next add in the vanilla extract and the red food color and mix
remove baked snow balls from oven and allow to cool
add the snowballs in the jam mixture and then sandwich cakes together and roll into the desiccated coconut
place on platter and allow to cool....enjoy