Bourbon Balls

Ingredients:

3 ½ cups finely crushed vanilla wafers (you want them the consistency of sand)

1 cup powdered sugar, divided

12 oz semi sweet chocolate morsels

3 Tablespoons white corn syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla

½ cup bourbon

  

Directions: In a large mixing bowl, combine vanilla wafers and ½ cup powdered sugar and stir to combine. In a saucepan over hot water, melt the chocolate chips. Add the corn syrup, vanilla  and bourbon to the melted chocolate and then add the chocolate mixture into the vanilla wafer mixture and stir well for about 1 minute until it is all combined. Put the remaining ½ cup powdered sugar in a wide, shallow bowl. Roll the cookie dough into 1 inch balls and then roll in powdered sugar. Note: if the cookies get too crumbly to hold together, just sprinkle with a few drops of hot tap water and knead it in. Let sit for a few minutes on wax paper and then roll again. Store in an airtight container. These are best made 1-2 weeks ahead of serving so they mellow a little bit.