Ambrosia Balls Recipe

Recipe: #27974

September 08, 2017

Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Shaped more

recipe by:
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recipe by:
Fizzybrat

Original recipe yields 48 servings

Metric US

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Ingredients

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1 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup finely chopped coconut
1 tablespoon grated orange peel

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (14.5 g)
Calories 67.4
Total Fat - 4.5 g
Saturated Fat - 2.9 g
Cholesterol - 10.2 mg
Sodium - 46.4 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 6.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 0.8 g
Sugars - 2.2 g
Protein - 0.8 g
Calcium - 3.4 mg
Iron - 0.2 mg
Vitamin C - 0.2 mg
Thiamin - 0 mg

Step 1

Heat oven to 400

Step 2

Mix butter, sugar, and vanilla

Step 3

Work in flour, salt, coconut and orange peel until dough holds together

Step 4

Shape dough into 1-inch balls

Step 5

Place on ungreased baking sheet

Step 6

Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown

Step 7

While warm, roll in icing sugar

Step 8

Cool

Step 9

Roll in icing sugar again

Ambrosia Balls