Bourbon Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 angel food cakes, cut into bite sized pieces
1 lb. box powdered sugar
1 stick oleo
3 Tbsp. water
4 Tbsp. bourbon
pecans, finely chopped (approximately 2/3 c.)
vanilla wafers, about 3 c. crumbs

Preparation

Mix in top of double boiler the sugar, oleo, water and bourbon.
Put over boiling water.
Mix pecans and crumbs to taste. Using 2 forks, dip cake pieces in bourbon mixture.
Allow excess to drip back into pan.
Roll quickly in crumb mixture in small bowl.
Place on rack to dry.
Store in dry tins.
(Sometimes one runs out of either of the mixes, but remixing takes little time.)