Danish Rum Balls

Total Time: 48 hrs Preparation Time: 48 hrs

Ingredients

• 6 cups quick oats
• 1 cup dark rum
• 1/2 lb margarine or 1/2 lb butter
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 cups cocoa
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1 teaspoon rum extract
• 2 cups coarse sugar

Recipe

• 1 grind oakmeal in food processor and set aside.
• 2 mix rum and cocoa to a thick paste. (if you don't want to make it with rum you can use milk. just add 1 tbsp rum extract.).
• 3 in a mixer, add soft margarine (or butter) ,surgar and cocoa and mix well.
• 4 while mixing add ground oakmeal slowly till mixed together. let mixer run run for 5 minute till totally mixed.
• 5 cover and place in fridge for 2 days. this is important so it can thicken.
• 6 after 2 days let stand till room tempature before rolling.
• 7 on a plate pour coarse sugar and spread ( you can use colored sugar too or any sprinkle type of sugar for festive color ).
• 8 roll the balls in surgar until totally covered.
• 9 you can store them in cookie tins or tupperwares. put wax paper between levels stacks. you can put into small bag a gifts.
• 10 i dare you not eat one of them while rolling. i can't. but i'm weak.