No Bake- Walnut Bourbon Balls
List of Ingredients
3 1/2 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts or 1 cup nuts and 1/2 cup coconut
6 tablespoons white corn syrup
1/3 cup bourbon or rum
Additional powdered sugar
Recipe
Mix first four ingredients well. Add syrup and bourbon/rum; mix well. Make 1-inch balls and roll in powdered sugar. Makes 3 1/2 dozen. Store in tightly covered tin not a cookie jar. The liquor seems to strengthen as the balls age.
Iowa Gazette 12/19/00