Snowballs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. butter
2 egg yolks, well beaten
1 c. chopped nuts
2 boxes Nabisco butter cookies
1 pt. whipping cream
1 c. sugar
1 c. drained crushed pineapple
2 stiffly beaten egg whites
shredded coconut

Preparation

Cream together butter, sugar, egg yolks, pineapple and nuts; fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Stack cookies with mixture between as filling (use 3 cookies and 2 portions of mixture per serving).
Refrigerate on cookie sheet 3 to 4 hours.
Whip cream and sweeten to taste.
Cover each serving and shape into rounded ball.
Cover with shredded coconut.
Place each snowball on paper doily and return to refrigerator until serving time.
Then garnish with cherry or tiny red candles or holly sprig.