Bourbon Balls - another entry in sweet things to make to give and eat!

This one is easy to make and you can sit watching TV while you form up the balls!!! But don't forget to have something to wipe your hands because it can be a bit messy as the dough is sticky!!

Bourbon Balls (or Rum or Kahlua)

60 Vanilla Wafers (2 ½ cups crushed) ~ one box

½ cup chopped walnuts or pecans

1 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar)

2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder

¼ bourbon (or rum or kahlua)

¼ cup light corn syrup

granulated sugar

Crush wafer. Add chopped nuts to crumbs. Combine confectioner’s sugar, cocoa & crumbs.

Stir in bourbon and syrup. If necessary, add 1 ¼ TSP water so mixture will shape.

Form into ¾ in. balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Store in covered container.

Makes about 48.

Hint: Before forming into balls, put mixture in refrigerator for an hour (or even overnight). Chilling makes it a bit easier to form into balls.

Oppression and death for beliefs?? Dire Times for Iraq's Christians

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/29/60minutes/main3553612.shtml

I saw this on 60 minutes and it made me so sad for Iraq. So much fighting, so much hate, so much death . . . and because people don't believe the same? I know it isn't that simple due to terrorists activities . . . and I know we don't always understand these regions of the world very well . . . but I do understand what caring for your fellow man means . . . and it doesn't mean killing because you don't believe what he believes.

I was very impressed with the vicar who still remains there to help his people. "He's the Reverend Canon Andrew White, an Anglican chaplain who suffers from multiple sclerosis and from a fanatical determination to save the last Iraqi Christians from the purge"

Just so you know . . . I don't usually talk about religious topics . . but sometimes I spot something that I think should be noted.

Time for another cookie recipe - MACADAMIA SHORTBREAD STARS

MACADAMIA SHORTBREAD STARS

1 CUP butter, at room temperature

1/2 CUP unsifted powdered sugar

1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract

2 CUPS cake flour (I have used regular flour with good results)

1/2 Teaspoon baking powder

1/4 Teaspoon salt

1 CUP finely chopped macadamia nuts

or salted cashew nuts

Powdered sugar for dusting

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Beat butter and powdered sugar together until creamy. Add vanilla, beating until light and fluffy. Sift flour with baking powder and salt. Add to creamed mixture with nuts. Stir well. Cover and chill 1 hour. Roll out on a floured board about 1/4-inch thick. Cut cookies out with a small star or heart cutter. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake in a 350 Degree (Fahrenheit) oven for 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove immediately from baking sheets to wire racks. Let cool almost to room temperature. Then dust tops lightly with powdered sugar shaken through a sieve. Makes about 5 dozen.

Tin Man on Sci Fi Channel

I've been watching this new mini-series that is a re-do of "The Wizard of OZ" that is definitely a bit more adult and modern in its look . . . and as they say . . . "with a Sci Fi twist". The conclusion is tonight, but in typical TV fashion it will all the episodes will probably be repeated ad nauseum for the next month.

http://www.scifi.com/tinman/?__source=GGLS|CAMP015Tin+Man_Related|ADGP012Genre_Sci-Fi|KWRD014tin+man+sci-fi&sky=GGL|CAMP015Tin+Man_Related|ADGP012Genre_Sci-Fi|KWRD014tin+man+sci-fi

Definitely different, definitely interesting, definitely worth checking out . . . whether or not you are a fan of "The Wizard" . . . the yellow brick road is still out there to tempt you. And this "Tin Man" is not a bit like the "tin man" of yore . . . for that matter . . . neither is D.G. like Dorothy! And the wicked witch of the O.Z. aint nothing like the wicked witch we are used to seeing.

Lions and Tigers and Bears!! OH, MY!!!

Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick, follow, follow, follow, follow, follow the yellow brick road!!