Bourbon Balls

Bourbon Balls

Use the best quality vanilla wafers, not the cheap ones, it does make a difference.

3 cups crushed vanilla wafer cookies (use a food processor, like Mom, or put them in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin, the way Grannie did)
3 Tablespoons dark corn syrup
1 1/2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup rum or bourbon
extra confectioner’s sugar or chopped nuts for coating

1. In a large mixing bowl, combine cookie crumbs, sugar, pecans, and cocoa. Add corn syrup and alcohol and mix well.

2. Allow mixture to sit 20 to 30 minutes so crumbs will absorb liquid.

3. Shape mixture into 1-inch balls. Roll in confectioner’s sugar or chopped nuts. (My mother recommends putting the balls in a container with 1/4 cup or so of confectioner’s sugar, placing a lid on it, and shaking it once a day when you think about it. She says this will coat them just fine.)

Makes around 3 dozen.

• Anyone with a good rum balls or bourbon balls recipe? Thinking ahead to Christmas - cookies! :) nm Wanderer
  • Bourbon Balls - Jenny
    • Thanks a bunch! nm - Wanderer
      • Sure thing! I make them every year. Easy, fun, and yummy! - Jenny

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