Bourbon Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sifted 10x sugar
1/3 c. bourbon
1/4 c. light corn syrup or honey
2 1/2 c. crushed vanilla wafers (about 75)
1 c. coarsely chopped pecans
1 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

Preparation

Mix 1 cup of the sugar, bourbon and corn syrup.
Add wafers and nuts.
Stir until evenly moistened.
Pinch walnut-sized pieces from the mix and roll firmly between palms to form a ball.
Sift remaining 1/2 cup sugar with cocoa onto wax paper.
Roll balls in mixture.
Store in airtight container with wax paper between layers.
Makes about 50 balls.