Ingredients:
1 cup cream cheese (or soft fresh paneer)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp. walnuts crushed coarsely
1 cup chocolate chips
1 tbsp. vanilla essence
1/2 cup almond powder
green and red tuttifruiti or angelica leaves and pieces
Method:
- Beat well butter and cream cheese till fluffy and light.
- Mix in sugar and vanilla essence, beat again till light.
- Add chocolate chips, walnuts, mix well.
- Chill it for 3 hours in a clean polythene bag.
- Remove mixture from refrigerator
- Roll into balls, then roll in almond powder.
- Press in some green and red angelica bits to decorate.
- Refrigerate on a tray for at least 1 hour.
- Wrap In individual pieces of see-through plastic wrappers.
- Secure with a piece of string.
- Serve cold, and store in fridge.
Making time: 25 minutes
Makes: 20 balls (approx.)
Shelflife: 1 week or more, refrigerated
Christmas Tip: Secure wrapper for these cheesy Christmas balls,
with decorative strings with stars etc. and pack into attractive gift
boxes for friends, since they are so easy to make.
Christmas' Index
