Auntie June's Kitchen

My Mam is a prolific baker. She is known where ever she goes for the bakes goods and sweets she takes along. All of the family, and friends, have their favourites.

A little while back I had the notion of collecting Mam's best beloved recipes together in one place. This will be the collection point, and the tag for her recipes will be Auntie June's Kitchen. Whilst she is 'Mam' to two people, 'Grandma' to four, she is 'Auntie June' to at least 50 people.

At the top of the right hand column of the blog there's two links. The first the index for the recipes on this blog, and the second gives a list of all my Mam's recipes.

The recipe below is my brother's favourite, Bombs! Apparently other people call them Chocolate Truffles, but in my family, they are Bombs.

Ingredients

100g digestive biscuits (Graham Crackers in the US)

2 tablespoons (rounded) drinking chocolate

3 tablespoons (rounded) desiccated coconut

200g sweetened condensed milk

50g of melted butter

chocolate vermicelli or coconut

Method

Place the butter and condensed milk in a saucepan and heat until the butter melts into the condensed milk. Crush the digestive biscuits. Add the biscuit crumbs, drinking chocolate, and desiccated coconut. Mix well, and then leave to solidify.

Roll into balls, and then coat in chocolate vermicelli or coconut.

Variations

I make a gluten-free version by using gluten-free digestive biscuits.

A more sophisticated version of can be made by adding 30g of finely chopped candied peel to the mixture. Then dipping the balls in melted dark chocolate, and decorating with a tiny bit of candied peel.