Day 161-Marshmallow Balloon Balls

If you've never eaten a BALLOON BALL then you are definitely missing out! My Mom makes these every year at Christmas Time to give to her neighbors. I had it planned to make them to sell at the Benefit Auction but didn't have enough time to make them. Since I already had the ingredients, I figured that I mine as well make them anyways. Do you want the recipe? If it looks familiar, it is. Honestly it's the exact same dough recipe that I use for my dinner rolls and cinnamon rolls.

Ingredients for Dough:

3 C. Milk
1 C. Potato Flakes
1 Tbsp. Salt
3/4 C. Sugar
1/2 C. Butter
4 Eggs
7-8 C. Flour
1 1/2 Tbsp. Yeast

Instructions:

Scald Milk, Melt Butter. Place potato flakes, salt, sugar, milk and butter in mixer.

Stir briefly and bring mixture to a lukewarm temperature.

Add eggs, yeast, and flour 1 Cup at a time, mixing well between additions. Mix until dough pulls away from the side.

Place dough in a large greased bowl, cover lightly with saran wrap, and let rise until doubled in bulk.

Smash dough down, and form balls for rolls.

Some More Ingredients:

1 Bag Marshmallows

4 Cups Granulated Sugar

4 Tbsp. Cinnamon

4 Sticks of Melted Butter

More Instructions:

Combine Sugar and Cinnamon. Dunk marshmallows in melted butter and then completely cover in Cinnamon sugar mixture.
Place covered marshmallow inside of dough balls and close them up by pinching the bottom and twisting it shut.

Next dunk dough ball (with marshmallow inside) into melted butter and then immediately into the cinnamon sugar.

Continue the same procedure until all the marshmallows and dough are used up.

Place dough balls (with marshmallows inside) onto greased cookie sheet. Don't bake more than 12 per cookie sheet.

Bake at 375 for 19-22 minutes. Remove from oven and dump them upside down on waxed paper.

*When you bake them, the marshmallow melts inside leaving the roll hollow. Sorry the recipe is sort of hard to follow. I promise that they aren't hard to make, it's just hard to write down how to make them.