MARTHA WASHINGTON CANDY – OLD FASHIONED RECIPE

Martha Washington Sweet is a mix of coconut, pecans and maraschino cherries, all lined in chocolate. This quaint sweet is ideal for any event, particularly Christmas.

Should you love this recipe you’ll want to give our Kentucky Bourbon Balls a strive too. They’d go nice with these as a present for Christmas.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We love the mixture of cherries and chocolate and this scrumptious sweet doesn’t disappoint. The addition of the pecans and coconuts simply takes this sweet up a stage. It’s excellent for Christmas and style identical to one thing from Ruth Hunt Sweet.

❓CAN I DOUBLE THIS RECIPE

Sure, you’ll be able to completely double this recipe. We really double it however for our web site we wrote it up as the unique quantity. This can make about 40-50 items of sweet relying on the scale you make them balls. We make them just a little smaller as a result of this sweet could be very candy.

🎁PERFEC FOR HOLIDAY GIFTS

This sweet will maintain for some time so it’s excellent to make for vacation items. We like to put these in a cute tin or tupperware with parchment/wax paper. Put a bow round it and you’ve got a improbable present on your mates, coworkers and neighbors. Listed below are another sweet concepts it’s possible you’ll need to embrace:

⭐TIP

Sufficient time within the fridge is required for this sweet, don’t rush the method. You need the filling to be chilly and also you additionally need the chocolate to set.

STORING & SERVING SIZE

We retailer these in an hermetic container and they’re going to maintain for a couple of weeks. Additionally this recipe makes 40-50 items relying on the scale and you’ll simply double the recipe.

Martha Washington Sweet

Anne Walkup

This Previous Usual Martha Washington Sweet is one you’ll want to embrace in your Christmas sweet record! It is completely scrumptious.

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

2 hours hrs

Course sweet

Delicacies American

• 1 stick butter softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 of a 14 ounce can of sweetened condensed milk
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 7 ounce package deal of sweetened shredded coconut
• 1/2 of a ten ounce jar maraschino cherries drained and finely chopped
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 3 cups chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons shortening

• Beat collectively butter, vanilla extract and milk till clean and creamy with a mixer. Add powdered sugar and proceed beating till mixed. Fold in coconut, cherries and pecans with a spoon. Refrigerate for no less than an hour.

• Line a pan with parchment paper. I used a ten x 15 baking sheet. Use a tablespoon of combination and your arms to type balls from chilled combination. Place the baking sheet again within the fridge whereas melting chocolate chips and shortening within the microwave till clean. A few minute or two.

• Use a fork to dip and roll the balls within the melted chocolate. Place the dipped balls again on the baking sheet as you dip them. Can place again in fridge to harden after dipping. Makes about 40 to 50 candies relying on dimension you make them.

Key phrase Martha Washington Sweet

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