Best Ever Rum Balls

Ari Rapkin

1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup dried fruit
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs, large
lemon juice
1 or 2 quarts rum
brown sugar
1 cup butter
baking powder
nuts

Before starting, sample rum to check the quality. Good, isn't it? Now proceed...

Select Large mixing bowl, measuring cup, etc. Check rum again. It must be just right. To be sure rum is of proper quality, pour one level cup of rum into a glass and drink it as fast as you can. Repeat.

With electric mixer beat 1 cup butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 seaspoon of thugar and beat again.

Meanwhile, make sure rum is still all right. Try another cup. Open second quart if necessary.

Add eggs, 2 cups fried druit and beat 'til high. If druit gets stuck in beaters, pry loose with drewscriber. Sample rum again, checking for tonscisticity.

Nest, sift 3 cups pepper or salt (it really doesn't matter). Sample rum.

Sift 1/2 pint lemon juice. Fold in chopped butterand strained nuts. Add 1 bablespoon of brown thugar or whatever color you can find. Wix mell.

Grease oven. Turn cake pan to 350 degrees. Pour mess into boven and ake. Check rum again and bo to ged.

From the Dinner Co-op