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pink snow balls

(1 rating)
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Recipe by
Mike Chetty
@MikesKitchen
Auckland

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.

(1 rating)
yield 15 serving(s)
prep time 25 Min
cook time 15 Min

Ingredients For pink snow balls

  • 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

How To Make pink snow balls

  • 1
    sift flour
  • 2
    cream butter and castor sugar
  • 3
    add cream and continue to whisk until soft and fluffy
  • 4
    add flour to cream mixture and knead to make a soft dough
  • 5
    divide dough into 24 balls and then flatten and place onto a cookie sheet or muffin pan
  • 6
    prepare baking pan by applying a spread of melted butter and then sprinkle some flour onto pan shaking off any excess flour
  • 7
    place flattened balls onto baking pan then place into a preheated oven set at 180 degrees centigrade and bake for 15 minutes
  • 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
  • 9
    remove baked snow balls from oven and allow to cool
  • 10
    add the snowballs in the jam mixture and then sandwich cakes together and roll into the desiccated coconut
  • 11
    place on platter and allow to cool....enjoy
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