Mocha Nut Balls Recipe

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"These tender, flavorfufl cookies are so addictive, I always know I have to make a double batch. The family demands it!" Janet Sullivan, Buffalo, New York

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Mocha Nut Balls Recipe
  • Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min./batch
  • Yield: 54 Servings
20 15 35

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts
  • Confectioners' sugar

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa and coffee granules; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in pecans. Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 325° for 14-16 minutes or until firm. Cool in pans for 1-2 minutes before removing to wire racks. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 69 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 9 mg cholesterol, 24 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 fat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Mocha Nut Balls in Taste of Home December/January 2009, p56

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Reviewed on Dec. 27, 2011 by katlaydee3

Really good, not too sweet. I don't think kids would like them, more of an adult taste.


Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2011 by scottie@embarqmail.com

To dry for me.


Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2011 by Ang5565@aol.com

Crispy, dry cookie. YUMMY!

 
 
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