Louises Christmas Bonbons Food

BONBONS

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine margarine, confectioners' sugar, condensed milk, coconut, chopped walnuts and vanilla. Stir well. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or until mixture has thickened enough to roll into balls. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place close together, but not touching, on cookie sheets. Freeze until hard.
• While bonbons are freezing, line a cookie sheet or flat surface with waxed paper. Combine chocolate chips and shortening in the top of a double boiler, over, not in, simmering water. Stir until melted. Using a toothpick or a fork, dip each bonbon in the melted chocolate. Place on waxed paper to dry. When chocolate has hardened, store bonbons in plastic bag in the freezer.

BON BONS

Steps:

• Cream together butter, powdered sugar and coconut. Stir walnuts and condensed milk into the mixture. Roll into 1 inch balls and arrange on waxed paper covered cookie sheets. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
• Melt chocolate chips and shortening top of double boiler over medium-low heat. Working in small batches, dip balls in chocolate until covered. Place on waxed paper covered cookie sheets and refrigerate. When firm, store covered in refrigerator.

BUTTER MINTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the butter, confectioners' sugar, cream and extracts. If desired, divide dough into portions and knead in food coloring. , Form into balls by teaspoonfuls; flatten into patties, or roll between 2 pieces of waxed paper to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut mints into desired shapes. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Store in the refrigerator.

BOOZY BON BONS

Steps:

• Put cookies into a large ziplock bag and crush with a rolling pin or put into a food processor until you have very fine crumbs.
• Mix the 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa powder and walnuts thoroughly. Add to the cookie crumbs in a large bowl and mix together.
• Add the corn syrup and whiskey and stir to combine. If mixture seems dry, add more whiskey, about a tablespoon at a time, up to 1/4 cup more. Do not add any more than this or the mixture will be too wet.
• Let mixture stand for 20 minutes.
• Roll into 1" balls, then roll in powdered sugar and place on waxed paper. Let dry 30 minutes.
• Store in airtight container 2-3 weeks to ripen before eating.

CHOCOLATE-COVERED EGGS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the butter, marshmallow creme and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in 3 cups confectioners' sugar. Place 1/4 cup butter mixture in a bowl; add yellow food coloring, and mix well. Shape into 24 small balls; cover and chill for 30 minutes. Wrap plain mixture in plastic wrap; chill for 30 minutes. , Dust work surface with remaining confectioners' sugar. Divide plain dough into 24 pieces. Wrap one piece of plain dough around each yellow ball and form into an egg shape. Place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet; cover with plastic wrap. Freeze for 15 minutes or until firm. , In a microwave, melt chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip eggs in mixture; allow excess to drip off. Return eggs to waxed paper. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until set. Decorate with icing and decorating candies as desired. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

CHRISTMAS BONBONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Using an electric mixer on medium speed, cream 1/2 cup of the butter and 1/2 cup of the sugar.
• Add vanilla. Add flour gradually, mixing well.
• Spread in lightly greased 9x13x2 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350° for about 15-20 minutes, or until cookie base is golden.
• Remove from oven.
• Using the mixer set to medium speed, mix almond paste, remaining 1/4 cup butter, remaining 1/4 cup sugar and the eggs.
• Spread over cookie base.
• Arrange cherries on batter with six across and eight down (48) Do not press cherries into batter.
• Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until done. The cookie should feel firm when pressed lightly with fingers.
• Remove to rack and let cool.
• Meanwhile, combine all glaze ingredients and blend until smooth.
• Drizzle chocolate over cooked bonbon mixture. When glaze is set, cut into 48 pieces.

LOUISE'S CHRISTMAS BONBONS

Steps:

• For the Filling: Melt the margarine. In a large bowl, put in melted margarine (cooled a bit), add the condensed milk, sugar, salt, coconut and nuts. Stir well and rull into balls. Place on cookie sheets and freeze in freezer.
• For the Chocolate Coating: Take out frozen bonbons and using toothpicks dip each individually in melted chocolate.Place on wax paper to cool. After cooling put back in container and store in freezer.
• Hint: If bonbons are getting mushy before dipping in chocolate, refreeze. Sometimes it's better to do a few at a time. Take your time doing this.