Grandma Marie's Oatmeal Balls

Name: Grandma Marie's Oatmeal Balls
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min

August 15, 2012

Prep 20 min Total 20 min

Grandma Marie’s oatmeal balls © kvalifood.com

Video recipe - The classic home version of the baker’s truffles and rum balls. I don’t like almond essence, so I use a little marzipan instead. And yes, it’s grandmother Marie from the family who gave her name to the recipe. She probably got it from some women’s magazine. But I’d rather not dig too deep into that. It’s much more pleasant to live with the illusion.

Ingredients

balls

125 g oats
50 g butter
75 g sugar
25 g cocoa powder
5 tbsp coffee, liquid not beans
50 g marzipan (or a little almond essence)

garnish

100 g desiccated coconut

Directions

Method

Warm the coffee slightly with the sugar in it, so the sugar melts.

Add the butter to the coffee so it softens and is easier to work with.

Optionally pulse the oats in a food processor to a slightly finer texture.

Mix everything together in a bowl. If you have a powerful food processor, just blend it all in that.

Roll the mixture into small balls and coat them in coconut.

Notes

Dissolving the sugar in the coffee prevents crunchy sugar grains in the finished balls.

It’s not strictly necessary to blend the oats, but it gives a better texture and neater-looking balls.

You can replace half the coffee with raspberry jam. That makes them taste a bit more like truffles. I like it that way - the rest of the family is less convinced.

If you want a gluten-free version, make sure to use certified gluten-free oats. Oats don’t contain gluten naturally, but they’re often grown in fields where other grains have been grown, and can also be processed in mills that also handle wheat.