Chocolate Coconut Balls

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1 cup toasted chopped Macadamia nuts
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
(Sweetened Condensed Milk- Place 2 cans full fat canned coconut milk and 1/2 C sugar or honey in a saucepan. Bring to boil. Then reduce heat to medium and cook
until mixture is reduced by about 1/2 (about 1 2/3 C) and milk is thick, stirring occasionally. This takes me about an hour. Add a pinch of salt and a about 1/4 tsp. of vanilla. Cool before using.
Makes approximately 1 14-oz can.)
1/2 teaspoons almond extract
One 7-ounce bag sweetened shredded coconut
One bag (Enjoy Life) semisweet chocolate morsels, melted
1 tablespoon shortening (Spectrum)

In a bowl mix together the nuts, condensed milk, almond extract and coconut. Roll the mixture into balls about 3/4-inch round. Place onto sheet trays and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

After the balls have set up, melt the chocolate and shortening until smooth. Dip balls into the chocolate mixture
and place on parchment lined cookie trays until chocolate hardens.