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Buckeyes Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 jar (18 oz.)creamy peanut butter

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature

1 lb. confectioners' sugar

2 cups graham cracker crumbs (8 oz)

24 oz. semisweet chocolate chips

4 Tbsp. shortening
Directions:
Directions:
1. In a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, blend the peanut butter and butter until soft and creamy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar. Stir in the graham cracker crumbs.
2. Using a heaping teaspoon of the mixture, roll into balls. Place the balls on a tray and chill in the freezer for 15 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, in a small, deep bowl set over hot, not boiling, water, melt the chocolate chips and shortening, and stir well to blend. Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray lightly with nonstick cooking spray.
4. Spear a buckeye ball with a toothpick and dip into the chocolate to cover three-fourths of the ball. Place on the foil. Chill to set the chocolate coating.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
Approx 80 buckeye
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I usually double recipe for Christmas

 

 

 

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