Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls Recipe

Name: Maple-Pecan Bourbon Balls Recipe
Ingredients: 8 ounces/225 grams vanilla wafers; 1 ¼ cups/125 grams pecan halves, toasted; 6 tablespoons/90 milliliters maple syrup; ⅓ cup/30 grams cocoa powder; ¼ cup/60 milliliters bourbon; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; ⅓ cup/40 grams confectioners’ sugar, plus about 1/4 cup/30 grams for coating (optional); 1 ½ cups/255 grams chopped semisweet chocolate (not chips)

"The bourbon ball was created in 1938 by Ruth Hanly Booe, a former Kentucky school teacher turned candy maker The creamy original was whisky-spiked, covered with chocolate and topped with a pecan Modern-day versions, like this one, are simpler to put together: Vanilla wafers, toasted pecans, cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar and bourbon are combined in a food processor, rolled into balls and dunked in melted chocolate or rolled in confectioners' sugar..."

INGREDIENTS

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8 ounces/225 grams vanilla wafers

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1 ¼ cups/125 grams pecan halves, toasted

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6 tablespoons/90 milliliters maple syrup

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⅓ cup/30 grams cocoa powder

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¼ cup/60 milliliters bourbon

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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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½ teaspoon kosher salt

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⅓ cup/40 grams confectioners’ sugar, plus about 1/4 cup/30 grams for coating (optional)

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1 ½ cups/255 grams chopped semisweet chocolate (not chips)

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