pat's Recipe

Bourbon Balls

Category: Cookies

Ingredients
12 cups crushed vanilla wafers—the original Nilla (4 boxes)
3/4 cup dark corn syrup
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar, divided
4 3/4 cups chopped pecans, divided
3 cups bourbon—Old Grand Dads

Instructions
1. Mix vanilla wafers, corn syrup, cocoa powder, 4 cups powdered sugar, 4 cups pecans and bourbon. Refrigerate at least 12 hours.
2. Shape into balls. Pulverize remaining ¾ cup pecans and sift in remaining ¼ cup powdered sugar. Mix together and roll bourbon balls in mixture.
Yield: 6 dozen.