Cookbook:Chokladboll
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| Category: | Cookie recipes |
| Servings: | 24 balls |
| Energy: | 140 Calories/586 kJ |
| Time: | 20 minutes |
| Difficulty: |  |
The chokladboll (or negerboll) is a traditional Swedish pastry often eaten with coffee during fika. They are quick and easy to prepare, since they require no baking and only a few, common ingredients.
[edit] Ingredients
- 8 dL (3 1/4 cups) oats
- 3 dL (1 1/4 cups) sugar
- 6 Tbsp (90 mL) cocoa
- 1 Tbsp (15 mL) vanilla sugar (or 1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract, added with the coffee)
- 150 g (2/3 cup) butter or margarine
- 6 Tbsp (90 mL) cold coffee
- flaked coconut or pearl sugar
[edit] Procedure
- Mix oats, sugar, vanilla sugar, and cocoa in a large bowl.
- Using your hands or a potato masher, incorporate the butter into the dry ingredients until the dough has an even consistency.
- Add the coffee and mix until incorporated.
- Fill a small bowl with flaked coconut or pearl sugar.
- With your hands, roll the dough into 3 cm (1 inch) diameter balls.
- Roll each ball in the coconut or pearl sugar and place on a tray.
- Chill chocolate balls for at least one hour before serving.
