Vosi Hnizda (Czech Christmas Sweets)

==Description==
This is as common in the Czech Republic as Mexican Wedding Cakes/Russian Tea Cakes are in the USA. One does need a bee hive form, but one can use an empty chamber from a grocery store cardboard egg carton. 
===Ingredients===
Hive ingredients 
 
* 1 1/4 cups crushed round vanilla wafers or round toddler vanilla wafers 
* 25 whole round vanilla wafers 
* 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar 
* 7 tablespoons soft room temp butter 
* 2 tablespoons rum 
* 2 tablespoons water 
* 2 tablespoons cocoa (Hershey's pure baking cocoa) 
Filling 
* 3/4 cup powdered sugar 
* 5 1/2 tablespoons soft room temp butter 
* 1 egg yolk, from a pasteurized egg (or immerse an unpasteurized egg in boiling water for 1 minute, cool immediately) 
* 2 tablespoons rum 
===Directions===
* Set the 25 whole vanilla wafers aside. 
* Crush enough vanilla wafers, in a medium sized bowl, to make 1 1/4 cups of a rough"flour". 
* Add powdered sugar, butter, rum, water, and cocoa. 
* Mix ingredients. 
* In a small bowl mix filling ingredients together. 
* Dust the inside of the bee hive form with powdered sugar, then press in a small ball of dough. 
* Make a hole in the dough with your finger or end of a wooden spoon. 
* Add enough filling to the hole, with a spoon, to fill the cavity. 
* Carefully tap the hive out of the form and set it atop a whole vanilla wafer. 
* You must experiment to find out how much powdered sugar one needs to dust the form with, so that the hive slips out easily. 
* If you have no bee hive form, use an empty chamber from a grocery store cardboard egg carton. 
* Store in a cool place, remembering you have raw egg in the filling. 
===Other Links===
==See also==
Category:Christmas Desserts
Category:Recipes
Category:Czech Recipes
category:powdered sugar Recipes
category:vanilla powder Recipes
category:butter Recipes
category:cocoa Recipes
category:flour Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:egg Recipes
category:powdered sugar Recipes
category:vanilla powder Recipes
category:butter Recipes
category:cocoa Recipes
category:flour Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:egg Recipes
category:rum Recipes
category:yolks Recipes