Martha Washington Balls

By Fleur de lis

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 boxes of powdered sugar
• 1 can condensed milk
• 1 stick butter, softened
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 can coconut
• 3 cups pecans, chopped very small
• 24 oz bag of chocolate chips
• 1/4 lb. of paraffin

Preparation

Step 1

Cream together powdered sugar, condensed milk, butter, and vanilla. Add nuts. Mixture will be thick. Chill. Make little balls from the dough. chill again. Mix chocolate and paraffin in a double boiler. Dip balls in the melted chocolate, using toothpicks. Place on waxed paper. If the chocolate mixture is too thin for your taste, you may add a square or two of chocolate bark. Makes about 75 or more balls, depending on size.