hey dudes I'm Hilah and today on Hilah
cooking it's Christmas around the world
but we're staying right here in the good
old US of A I'm gonna show you how to
make rum balls or bourbon balls which
celebrate two of America's favorite
pastimes drinking and testicles okay so
these are not really unique to the US
but they're very popular here in the US
and especially in the south
you'll see rum balls made with bourbon
and then they come bourbon balls so
that's the most Shane today if you want
to use rum or brandy you can use either
of those whiskey probably don't use
tequila or vodka but anyway they all
kind of start out the same way with a
mixture of really really finely crumbled
cookies I'm using vanilla wafers in this
case and nuts and I'm using pecans in
this case because that's a very
traditional southern thing this recipe
comes from my friend Stef who's from
Maryland and she usually uses cashews
and bourbon but and those are really
good too but keep it in the sales so
I've got that in here and I just
crumbled it really really finely with a
blender but you can use a food processor
or just chop it by hand like they would
have done in the old days and some
powdered sugar they're really sweet but
because they're uncooked the alcohol
doesn't cook out so you still get that
really sharp bite of booze so it kind of
balances out the sweetness and a little
bit of cocoa powder and most recipes
call for corn syrup I'm gonna use some
honey just cuz I don't want to I don't
need a whole lot you need like a
tablespoon and I don't want to buy a
whole thing of corn syrup that I don't
really use that often so you can use
corn syrup or honey and just kind of get
this mixed up and these are often people
will make them like at the beginning of
the Christmas season and then you can
keep them at room temperature in an
airtight container for a couple of weeks
and they're actually kind of get better
for the first couple of weeks as they
age
so you could probably keep them for
about a month actually good and then
I've got my
so you need about a half a cup of this
you can sometimes squeeze in a little
bit more if you want an extra boozy but
start with a half a cup and then if it
seems like the mixture can take it then
add a little extra glug a love right mmm
smells like Christmas at Grandma's house
see so it still seems a little dry
fortunately for me so I am gonna add an
extra little blurt I guess if you wanted
to you could add vanilla extract or
cinnamon or something like that but I
like to keep it simple okay awesome so
now all that's left to do is roll some
little balls and roll them in powdered
sugar and the powdered sugar kind of
like sets them and keeps the alcohol
from evaporating it's just good for me
and you guys so for rolling I've got
about an extra cup of powdered sugar
here on a small plate and a big play I'm
just gonna dust it lightly with some
powdered sugar and this is what I will
set the rolled balls on so they don't
stick to the plate just like so I'm
using my little keiki scheme you could
use a spoon and I'm these are kind of
big these are bigger than steps makes
the stuff that makes them but I don't
know I don't know if that means anything
you can make them whatever size you want
really so just kind of roll them in here
once it's a little coated you can use
your hands this is a little bit neater
way to do it and then we're gonna set it
on this plate and you could also roll
them in like coconut or more cocoa if
you wanted to move like maybe make it
look a little bit different
so once all your balls are rolled and
your hands look like officer poopoo
fingers we're gonna put these in the
fridge and try not to eat them all
immediately you should refrigerate them
for at least two hours to let the
flavors combine and stuff and like I
said you can keep them for as long as
like a month so I will see you back when
these are nice and refrigerated or maybe
I'll see you back before then because I
just can't wait to get some booze in me
okay so here are some that I made a
couple of days ago so you can see what
they look like now they're firmed up and
they're really delicious if you like
this recipe also check out my homemade
cracker jack recipe for another I think
very American Christmas thing it's good
to have around as snacks if you have
like surprise guests and stuff during
the Christmas season Christmas to season
anyway and for more Christmas cookies
check out my holiday cookies book look
you can order it on the internet or you
can get it in a book affordance format
so you don't have to wait to get cookies
alright thank you so much for watching
visit Hilah cooking calm for this
printable recipe and I'm also gonna put
up my family's traditional Christmas
menu if you're curious about that with
all my grandma's recipes so check out
Hilah cooking calm and I'm gonna check
out the inside of this birthing ball the
texture of you know just it's like super
creamy and you've got a very strong
bourbon flavor they're really good
they're not for kids
but that means someone for grown-ups
alright thank you for watching how great
and I'll see you all next time bye