{Recipe} Coconut Butterballs & Ruby Sparklers

 This is a recipe we made every Christmas and I don't think I've had them anywhere else.  You mix up one batch of dough and can make endless combinations.

See how beat up (well loved) the recipe is!  I was able to easily vegan-ize it by swapping out the butter and using vegan chocolate chips.  I only made a half recipe here but the full recipe is below.

Ingredients:

2 cups sifted all purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup (2 sticks) butter - I used vegan 

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp almond extract

candied cherries (in the baking section)

1 cup coconut flakes

1/2- 1 cup chocolate chips

decorating sugar and sprinkles

To make:

• Sift flour and salt into a bowl
• Cream butter with sugar until fluffy

• Add sifted flour mixture a third at a time, mixing well into a stiff dough. 
• Divide dough in half (optional)

• Press  half of dough, a teaspoon at a time around a cherry 

• Shape into a small ball

• Roll in coconut

• With other half of dough, wrap a small amount of dough around some chocolate chips and roll in sprinkles or decorating sugar.

• I used some vegan white chocolate chips too
• Mix and match fillings and toppings to your heart's delight-they are all yummy!

• Place on cookie sheet and bake at 325ºF for 25 minutes, or until firm
• Remove carefully from cookie sheet to cooling rack and allow to fully cool before storing in an air tight container.  They will keep for 2-3 weeks.

What's your favorite holiday cookie?

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