pink snow balls

Name: Pink Snow Balls
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 15
Ingredients: 125 gram(s) butter, room temperature; 125 milliliter(s) cream; 200 gram(s) jam, any flavor i used raspberry jam; 125 gram(s) castor sugar; 625 milliliter(s) self rising flour; 5 milliliter(s) red food coloring; 1 1/2 cup(s) desiccated coconut; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 375 milliliter(s) boiling water

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Mike Chetty

Auckland

Updated on Jul 9, 2012

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.

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prep time 25 Min

cook time 15 Min

method ---

yield 15 serving(s)

Ingredients

125 grams butter, room temperature
125 milliliters cream
200 grams jam, any flavor i used raspberry jam
125 grams castor sugar
625 milliliters self rising flour
5 milliliters red food coloring
1 1/2 cups desiccated coconut
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
375 milliliters boiling water

How To Make pink snow balls

Step 1

sift flour

Step 2

cream butter and castor sugar
Step 3

add cream and continue to whisk until soft and fluffy
Step 4

add flour to cream mixture and knead to make a soft dough
Step 5

divide dough into 24 balls and then flatten and place onto a cookie sheet or muffin pan
Step 6

prepare baking pan by applying a spread of melted butter and then sprinkle some flour onto pan shaking off any excess flour
Step 7

place flattened balls onto baking pan then place into a preheated oven set at 180 degrees centigrade and bake for 15 minutes
Step 8

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
Step 9

remove baked snow balls from oven and allow to cool
Step 10

add the snowballs in the jam mixture and then sandwich cakes together and roll into the desiccated coconut
Step 11

place on platter and allow to cool....enjoy
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