Ingredients
1 ½ Cups Butter
3 Cup Confectionary Sugar
1 ½ Teaspoons Rum Extract
4 Teaspoons Cold Water
2 Packages of Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 ½ Cups Chopped Walnuts
3 ½ Cups All Purpose Flour
½ Teaspoon Salt
Preparation
Mixing Directions: Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, work 1 ½ Cups butter with a wooden spoon until softened. Add 1 Cup confectionary sugar, 1 ½ Teaspoon rum extract, and 4 Teaspoons cold water. Mix with wooden spoon or electric beaters for 2 minutes until smooth consistency. Add 2 Packages of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 ½ Cups chopped walnuts. Mix well with wooden spoon Add 3 ½ Cups all purpose flour and ½ Teaspoon salt. Mix well with wooden spoon.
Rolling and Baking Directions: Take 1 Tablespoon size scoop of dough and roll into a ball. (Cookie ball should be smaller than a golf ball.) Place cookie ball on an un-greased cookie sheet spacing each cookie ball 1 inch apart from one another. Repeat until cookie sheet is full and ready for baking. Bake in oven 20 - 25 Minutes until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and let cookies cool 5 Minutes.
Cooling and Finishing Directions: In a medium mixing bowl, add 2 Cups confectionary sugar. Take slightly warm cookie balls and roll in the confectionary sugar until they are lightly coated. Place Rum Balls on a plate and serve!
