As the Thanksgiving feast fades into our memory of another year our memories of sweet treats rise to the surface. NOW is the time to start thinking of the desserts you want to serve your friends and family during the Christmas holidays. I enjoy making cookies and candies to have on hand during that time.
Everyone seems to like these sweets that Granny Shubert used to make during the month of December. I don’t know where she got the recipes, but I have a recipe card for each of them written by her. I have copied them just as she wrote them. Maybe you’d like to give them a try and see if your family and friends like them as much as mine do.
She always claimed, as her children did, that she didn’t cook much; but, she always seemed to have trays of these around when we came home for the holidays. Remember them?
ORANGE BALLS
1 box vanilla wafers, crushed
1 stick oleo or butter, melted
1 box powdered confectioners’ sugar
1 small can orange juice (not diluted)
1 cup nuts, chopped very fine
Coconut (optional)
Mix all together except coconut and form very small balls. Roll in crushed coconut. Makes approximately 6 dozen. If dough becomes too dry to handle, add a few drops of water.
Keep in refrigerator or freezer. No cooking needed!
CHOCOLATE BALLS
1 box powdered confectioners’ sugar
1 cup graham cracker crumbs
½ cup crunchy peanut butter
1 small can Angel Flake coconut
2 sticks margarine or butter
1 package chocolate chips
¼ block paraffin
Mix first 4 ingredients in large bowl. Melt 2 sticks of margarine, pour over dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Shape into balls about ¾-inch in diameter. Melt margarine, chocolate chips and paraffin. Dip balls into chocolate mixture and place on waxed paper to harden.
BOURBON ROLL
1 box (1 pound 2 ounces) vanilla wafers, crushed
1 cup Eagle Brand milk
1 cup chopped candied cherries
1 cup chopped candied pineapple
1 cup coconut
1 pound chopped pecans
5 tablespoons bourbon
Mix all together and shape into 4 long rolls. Roll in powdered confectioners’ sugar and wrap in foil. Chill and cut or freeze.
Pictured in photo from left to right: Sue DeLozier Davis,
William Spence Davis, and Granny Marilee Davis Shubert
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