Buckeye Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. Peanut butter
1 lb. Confectioners sugar
1/2 c. Butter, softened
6 oz. Chocolate chips
2 Tbsp. Vegetable shortening
1 tsp. Vanilla

Preparation

Mix peanut butter, sugar, butter and vanilla together in a bowl. (It helps to knead mix together with hands also.) Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Roll the cookie mixture into bite size round balls. Place on cookie sheet and refrigerate for 1 hour. Then melt the chocolate chips and shortening in a double boiler.
Using a toothpick, dip the balls into the melted chocolate, leaving the top quarter of each ball undipped. Return to cookie sheet to cool and allow chocolate to harden. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.