Rum Balls

Aki-hal y'all. So these cookies are not cooked...or don't need to be cooked, so yes that means if you ate them all you could get a little buzz. But it would be small so don't get any ideas. I'm not a big fan of rum balls, but many people are, so therefore, they are on the list of cookies I made. They are actually a weird cookie, well in vegan land, since making them involves making another cookie to go in them. You have to make vanilla wafers first, in order to make rum balls. So, in a way, this is a double post, since you will be getting two recipes. I honestly thought the vanilla wafers would be plain and dry, but my dad and my sister tried them and fell in love with them. They even said that this would be a cookie they'd ask for the recipe of. Anyways, starting with vanilla wafers you will need.....

1/3 cup margarine
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F
Mix all the ingredients together except the flour and baking powder. In a separate bowl mix the flour and baking powder thoroughly, then add it to the other bowl. Place 1 inch balls on a sheet and bake for 20  minutes. Let them cool when they are done.

RUM BALLS
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
1 3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
2 tbsp corn syrup
1/4 cup rum
1/3 cup powdered or icing sugar


In a food processor, chop the wafer crumbs and the nuts until they are a fine flour. Pour them into a bowl and add the sugar, cocoa, and corn syrup. Finally add the rum. Take ball that is a little smaller then 1 inch in diameter, and roll it in the icing sugar until fully coated. Place them in tiny candy liners (like a mini muffin cup - this is optional) and set in an air tight container in the freezer until serving them to keep them fresh.

Don't get to drunk,
Julia