Bourbon Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 boxes powdered sugar
3/4 c. Bourbon
1 stick butter
1 t. vanilla
1 6 oz. pkg. semi-sweet chocolate bits
1/2 stick paraffin
1/2 c. nuts (optional)

Preparation

Mix bourbon and nuts in covered dish and refrigerate overnight.
Mix sugar, butter, vanilla and bourbon-nut mixture until well blended.
Return to refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Roll into balls, return to refrigerator.
When chocolate bits and paraffin is melted in double-boiler, dip balls in chocolate-paraffin mixture one at a time.
Place on wax paper. When balls have hardened, store in covered container in refrigerator.