Chokladboll

I haven't done a recipe in a long time. When I was a child we had a kid's cook book that had something called "refrigerator cookies" in it. Somewhere along the line the cook book disappeared, and I spent a long time looking for the beloved refrigerator cookie recipe. All I remembered was it contained oats and chocolate, and it was delicious.

A few years ago I discovered this recipe that tastes like I remember the refrigerator cookies of my youth. We make it for parties when we don't have a lot of time to prepare, because they can literally be made in 15 minutes or so. Here's the recipe:

Ingredients

3 ½	Cups Oats (can be instant or regular oatmeal)
1	Cup Granulated Sugar
⅓	Cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
1	Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1	Stick (4 ounces) Unsalted butter
6	Tablespoons Coffee (the drink, not the grounds)
1	Cup Shredded Coconut

Directions

Mix everything together. You can use a food processor if you want to reduce the oat a little, but it's not necessary.

Place coconut in shallow dish. Roll the mixture into 1 1/4-inch balls, then roll each in coconut.

Refrigerate in airtight container.

Makes about 3 dozen balls.

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