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bourbon balls

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Recipe by
Donna Joy Oder
@snowlover
Elizabethtown, KY

This is a favorite of family and friends. Got it out of the Lexington, ky. paper many, many years ago, and have tweeted it just a little.

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Ingredients For bourbon balls

  • 1/2 c
    pecans, chopped
  • 5 Tbsp
    bourbon, also can use whiskey
  • 2 lb
    powdered sugar
  • 1/2 c
    butter, softened, not margarine
  • chocolate almond bark, melted

How To Make bourbon balls

  • 1
    Soak chopped pecans in bourbon or whiskey covered overnight.
  • 2
    Cut butter into powdered sugar as if you are making a pie crust.
  • 3
    Add pecans and any liquid that has not been absorbed.
  • 4
    Refrigerate until firm enough to shape into balls.
  • 5
    Shape into balls . I use a small cookie scoop.
  • 6
    Chill balls overnight.I have put them in the freezer for a short time until hard to be able to dip quicker.
  • 7
    Melt chocolate bark in small crock pot on low
  • 8
    Dip and place on wax paper or parchment paper to harded.
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