Rum Balls
Yummy scrummy and rummy! These rum balls are perfect made with Sweetie Pie's Plain Vanilla Biscuit recipe!
Makes approximately 32
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Ingredients
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½ cup (55g) desiccated coconut
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5 tablespoons (30g) cocoa powder
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¾ cup (115g) dextrose
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¼ cup (20g) full fat milk powder
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¾ cup (200g) milk
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1 ½ tablespoons white rum/brandy
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2 teaspoons vanilla essence
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1 tablespoon ricemalt syrup
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¾ cup (65g) desiccated coconut for coating
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Break biscuits into pieces and place in a food processor. Blitz into small crumbs. (Alternately you could crush biscuits in a plastic bag using a rolling pin.)
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In a large bowl, combine crushed biscuits, desiccated coconut, and cocoa powder.
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To a medium saucepan, add dextrose, milk powder and milk. Stir over a medium/high heat and bring to the boil. Boil, whilst stirring for 10-12 minutes. (Mixture should thicken slightly.) Set over a bowl of cold water to cool completely.
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Add rum, vanilla and ricemalt syrup to milk mixture.
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Pour liquid over biscuit crumb mixture and stir well. Use your hands to bring together.
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Add extra coconut to a small bowl. Using your hands, shape tablespoons of mixture into balls, drop into coconut, rolling around to coat well.
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Store in an airtight container in the fridge up to 1 week.
Crush the Plain Vanilla Biscuits in a food processor