Ruth Moulton's Spice Balls

Name: Ruth Moulton's Spice Balls
Prep time: 2 h 35 min
Cook time: 2 h 35 min
Total time: 2 h 35 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 large egg; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoons ground ginger; 59 milliliters molasses; 1 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 296 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoons table salt; 12 Tbsps ( 1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

Ruth Moulton's Spice Balls requires approximately 2 hours and 35 minutes from start to finish. Watching your figure? This lacto ovo vegetarian recipe has 71 calories, 1g of protein, and 3g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 1% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 48. It works well as a cheap hor d'oeuvre. Head to the store and pick up baking soda, egg, butter, and a few other things to make it today. Ruth's Flax Seed Balls, Sara Moulton’s Make Ahead Gravy and turkey carving tips, and Watermelon Basil Lemonade and a Cookbook {Sara Moulton Inspired are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Combine the butter and 1 cup of the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat in the egg and molasses.

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Molasses

Butter

Sugar

Egg

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Sift the flour, soda, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and salt together onto a piece of parchment.

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Cinnamon

Clove

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Pop

Add to the butter mixture in 2 batches, beating just until combined. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for 2 to 3 hours.

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Butter

Wrap

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Place the remaining 1/4 cup sugar in a pie plate. Shape the dough into walnut-size balls and roll in the sugar to coat. Arrange 2 inches apart on greased baking sheets and bake until cracked and dry but still soft, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then transfer to cool on wire racks.

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Walnuts

Dough

Sugar

Roll

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Servings:

2teaspoons

baking soda 1large

egg 473milliliters

all-purpose flour 1teaspoon

ground cinnamon 1teaspoon

ground cloves 1teaspoons

ground ginger 59milliliters

molasses 1teaspoons

freshly grated nutmeg 296milliliters

sugar 1teaspoons

table salt 12Tbsps

( 1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

Recommended wine: Sparkling Wine, Sparkling Rose

Sparkling Wine and Sparkling rosé are great choices for Antipasti. If you're serving a selection of appetizers, you can't go wrong with these. Both are very food friendly and complement a variety of flavors. The Pierre Peters Cuvee Reserve Grand Cru with a 4.7 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 65 dollars per bottle.

Pierre Peters Cuvee Reserve Grand Cru

The wine is clear or pale with hints of green typical to the Chardonnay. The mousse is fine and regular with a pretty ribbon of strong bubbles. The first nose is both flowery and fruity, then comes notes of fresh nuts and fresh bread. In the finish there is citrus which brings a beautiful impression of smoothness and freshness. The attack is frank, associated with delicacy and roundness. The first impression is dominated with fresh white fruits (lemon and pear) and with flowers (acacia), followed by creamy notes. The finally is persistent on the citrus (candied grapefruit, tangerine and lemon) and minerality, bringing freshness and elegance to the wine.