Tsoureki Balls

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 6 cups sweet bread crumbs (use any leftover tsourekia)
• 1 cup coconut (plus extra coconut for rolling the balls in)
• 1 cup ground almonds (i buy flaked and grind them)
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

Recipe

• 1 to get the tsoureki crumbs, slice any dry tsoureki loaf you may have or any leftover pieces, chop and then grind it in a small chopper until you have 6 cups which you place in a large bowl.
• 2 add the almonds and coconut and mix well.
• 3 add the condensed milk and mix carefully, you should have a moist mixture which easily sticks together, if it is too wet add more crumbs.
• 4 make small balls and roll in coconut.
• 5 variations: you can add some finely chopped glace fruits or fruit peel.
• 6 hazelnut meal can be used instead of almond meal.
• 7 you can roll the balls in sprinkles or dip them in chocolate instead of the coconut.