Another Recipe from Lawana Whaley

Vanilla-Espresso Snowballs Yield: 3 1/2 dozen

1/3 cup vanilla coffee syrup
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
1 1/2 tsp instant espresso granules
1 (9-oz) pkg vanilla wafers, finely crushed
3/4 cup sifted confectioner's sugar
3/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
Confectioner's sugar for coating

1. In a bowl, combine coffee syrup, corn syrup & instant coffee granules. Stir until granules dissolve. Let mixture stand for 5 minutes.
2. In another bowl, combine cookie crumbs, 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar & walnuts; stir well.
3. Pour coffee mixture over crumb mixture, stirring well to combine.
4. Shape dough into balls. **(see note below).
5. Roll in confectioner's sugar twice to coat well.
6. Store in an airtight container.

**(This can be a learning process...from experience I found that you have to use pressure from your hands to get them to form into rough ball shapes and that you will have LOTS of dough stick to your hands. Place the roughly shaped balls aside. After you have all of the dough shaped into balls, wash your hands thoroughly. Now roll each piece into a smooth ball shape. Stop and wash hands as necessary to keep dough from sticking to hands again.)

Blogger's note: These are spectacular!