Swedish Nut Balls Recipes

SWEDISH CHOCOLATE BALLS (OR COCONUT BALLS)

Steps:

• Mix the oats, sugar, and cocoa together in a bowl. Add the butter, and use your hands to mix the ingredients together to make a thick dough. Mix in the coffee, vanilla, and chocolate until thoroughly blended.
• Place the coconut flakes in a small bowl. Pinch off small amounts of dough and roll between your hands to make small balls, about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Roll the balls in the coconut flakes. Balls are ready to eat, or may be refrigerated 2 hours to become firmer.

SWEDISH NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300°F. Grease 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening or cooking spray. In medium bowl, mix egg white and pecan halves until pecans are coated and sticky.
• In small bowl, mix sugar and cardamom; sprinkle over pecans. Stir until pecans are completely coated. Spread pecans in single layer in pan.
• Bake about 30 minutes or until toasted. Cool completely, or serve slightly warm. Store tightly covered up to 3 weeks.

SWEDISH NUTBALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix flour, butter, and 5 tablespoons confectioners' sugar together in a bowl until dough is golden; mix in walnuts. Roll dough into marble-sized balls; arrange on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until balls are light golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Place 6 cups confectioners' sugar in a bowl; roll balls in the confectioners' sugar until completely coated; place balls on a plate to cool completely. Roll balls in the confectioners' sugar a second time.

NOEL NUT BALLS

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, pecans, confectioners' sugar, and salt in a medium bowl. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and honey until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Mix in bourbon or orange juice just to combine. Add flour mixture, and beat just to combine. Turn out dough onto a piece of plastic, wrap tightly, and chill 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll dough, 2 teaspoons at a time, into balls. Place 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until brown around edges, about 12 minutes. Transfer cookies to wire racks; let cool completely. Roll in confectioners' sugar to coat. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature up to 1 week.

VEGAN IMPOSSIBLE SWEDISH "MEATBALLS" RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Add the meat, chopped onions, and breadcrumbs to a large bowl. Pour the coconut milk over the top of the breadcrumbs. Allow the breadcrumbs to soak up the milk.
• Add the nutritional yeast, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to the meat mixture and mix to combine and completely disperse the seasonings.
• Use a small cookie scoop to form the meat mixture into 1-inch size balls. Place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet and continue rolling and forming until they are all completed.
• Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium-high heat. Add the meatballs to the pan and cook on one side for about 1 minute. Rotate and cook on each side until browned (for a total of about 5 minutes).
• Remove the meatballs from the pan and place them on a plate. Prepare the gravy.
• Gather the ingredients.
• Add the vegan butter to the pan used for browning the meatballs and return to medium-high heat. Whisk in the flour and allow to cook for two minutes, stirring frequently. Whisk in the garlic and onion powder.
• Add the vegetable bouillon. Whisk in the water gradually until the mixture is combined and smooth. Whisk in the coconut milk, soy sauce, mustard, and pepper. Add salt to taste. Continue to heat and stir over medium heat until the sauce has thickened and is bubbling.
• Add the meatballs back to the pan and cook them for 3 minutes or until they are heated through. Garnish with parsley and serve.

SWEDISH NUT BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a bowl, cream together butter and 3/4 cup of the powdered sugar. Add the flour, vanilla and ground pecans. Stir to combine.
• Shape dough into balls, using a slightly rounded teaspoon for each. Place 2 inches apart on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake until the edges turn gold, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to a rack to cool. Cookies can be frozen in an airtight container, with wax paper between each layer for up to 6 months. Defrost 30 minutes. Just before serving, place the remaining cup of powdered sugar in a plastic bag. Add several cookies and shake gently to dust with sugar. Repeat with remaining cookies.

SWEDISH NUT BUTTER BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix butter with sugar. Add salt, vanilla, flour, nuts and mix well. Chill dough until easy to handle. Using fingers, shape dough into 1" ball, triangles or crescents. Bake until light brown, about 12 - 15 min. @ 350 degrees. While warm, roll in confectioner's sugar. (Can also be drop cookies) *My mother used to make these at Christmas time.