Chocolate Filled Orange Rosemary Butter Balls Recipes

CHOCOLATE ORANGE BALLS

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine the vanilla wafers, 2 cups of the confectioner's sugar, cocoa powder, orange juice concentrate, and corn syrup.
• Process until the cookies are ground to crumbs and mixture is evenly blended.
• Add the pecan pieces and pulse process until the nuts are finely chopped.
• Transfer the mixture to a bowl and form into 1" balls.
• Roll balls in 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar** to coat.
• Store in an airtight container in refrigerator for up to 1 month.
• **We always rolled our balls in regular granulated sugar. If we made them at Christmas time, we dyed some of the sugar green and some of the sugar red and rolled 1/2 the balls in the green sugar and 1/2 the balls in the red sugar.

CHOCOLATE-FILLED ORANGE-ROSEMARY BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In large bowl, beat butter, powdered sugar, orange peel, rosemary, salt and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until mixed; beat on medium speed until creamy. On low speed, beat in flour and baking powder until dough forms.
• In small bowl, place decorator sugar. Shape dough into 60 (1-inch) balls. Roll in sugar. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Press lightly with tines of fork to flatten slightly.
• Bake 6 to 8 minutes or just until edges start to brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks; cool completely.
• Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and whipping cream uncovered on High in 15-second intervals until chips can be stirred smooth. Refrigerate until cooled and mixture starts to set, about 10 minutes.
• For each sandwich cookie, spread about 1/2 teaspoon filling on bottom of 1 cookie. Press bottom of second cookie over filling. Let stand until set.