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No Bake Nutella Balls (chocolate truffles)

Here’s a new favourite truffle I added to our Christmas cookie boxes this year. I’ll share with you how to make No Bake Nutella Balls covered in chocolate with a few sprinkles to make them look festive. These were so delicious. I had a hard time not eating all of them myself. You can crush the graham crackers yourself, but I just purchased a box of crumbs. No Bake Nutella Balls Makes about 50 balls Adapted from The Carefree Kitchen Ingredients For the filling 1/2 cup of butter, softened 1 1/4 cup Nutella 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 2 cups icing sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla For the coating 1 1/2 cups meting chocolate (I used milk) Directions Combine all filling ingredients until a dough forms. You can add more Nutella or graham crumbs  if you feel the dough is too soft or dry. The dough should hold its shape once rolled.  Roll teaspoon size balls and place in a single layer in the freezer for 30 minutes.  Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or bowl over a simmering pot of wa...
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Blueberry Pancakes with Bananas Foster & Strawberries



Blueberry Pancakes with Bananas Foster & Strawberries
Makes 6 servings
Original recipe for pancakes from Allrecipes.com
Original recipe for bananas foster from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients
For the Pancakes
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 tablespoon butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, thawed
For Bananas Foster
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup dark brown sugar
  • 3 1/2 tablespoons rum
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3 bananas, peeled and sliced
  • fresh strawberries (optional)
Directions
For pancakes:
  1. In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt, baking powder and sugar.
  2. In a small bowl, beat together egg and milk.
  3. Stir milk and egg into flour mixture.
  4. Mix in the butter and fold in the blueberries. Set aside for 1 hour.
  5. Heat a lightly oiled/buttered griddle or frying pan over medium high heat.
  6. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. 
  7. Brown on both sides. Transfer to a heat-proof dish and place in the oven on the lowest heat to keep warm while you continue to cook the rest of the batch.
For bananas foster:
  1. In a large, deep skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
  2. Stir in sugar, rum, vanilla and cinnamon.
  3. When the mixture begins to bubble, place bananas in the pot.
  4. Cook until bananas are hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve hot over the pancakes.
  5. Top pancakes with fresh strawberries.
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