Rum Balls And Fruit cakes

[Katie]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Mrs. Lee Storm" <n2fgc at ...> 
wrote:
>
> | [Lee]:
> | It's possible the balls were rolled or soaked in rum after 
> | the cooking.  One
> | little cafe I used to go to had rum balls and Baba Au Rum 
> | which would be
> | soaked in rum before serving.  Note to self: Do Not Eat While 
> | On Duty. :-)
> | 

***Katie:
Being a person who has made rum balls for Christmas every year since 
I was a small girl, I can shed some light on why rum balls are 
alcoholic.
Rum balls are made by using crushed nuts and crumbs of ginger 
cookies, graham crackers, vanilla wafers, or any other kind of dry 
cookie/biscuit. The binding agent is rum or whiskey. The alcohol is 
added to the dry mixture and rolled into balls and then rolled in 
powdered sugar. So, the alcohol isn't cooked at all! 

And let me tell ya, they pack a punch! When I was about 9, I kept 
sneaking rum balls that were set aside for Christmas giving, and I 
got pretty tipsy before my mom asked me why I kept going into the 
kitchen! LOL. 

Katie