Kentucky Bourbon Balls
These Kentucky Bourbon Balls are an old fashioned southern classic! The perfect Christmas treat or gift!
Servings: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup or 1 stick unsalted butter not margarine, softened(I use organic)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup pecans finely ground
- 4 tablespoons 100 proof Kentucky bourbon can use more or less and could use another kind of bourbon
- 1 teaspoon crisco
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips melted
- pecan halves for garnish
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar. Add pecans, bourbon and vanilla extract mixing well with mixer. Chill this mixture in the freezer for 30 minutes or the refrigerator for an hou. Remove from freezer and make into balls using about a teaspoon of mixture for each one. Place on wax paper on cookie sheet and put back in freezer for 30 more minutes or the fridge until hard.
- When 30 minutes are up, melt the chocolate chips and crisco about 2 minutes in the microwave. When melting the chocolate in the microwave, only do about 20-30 seconds at a time and then stir. (The smaller the container or bowl you use to melt the chips the easier it is to dip the bourbon balls in the chocolate). Some people use a toothpick to hold the bourbon balls. It is easier for me to just drop them in the chocolate with a fork and use a wooden spoon or another fork to cover. Remove each bourbon ball and place on a clean piece of wax paper on cookie sheet. Add a pecan half on top. Place in refrigerator for at least 30 minutes until chocolate hardens. Store in refrigerator. Makes about 30 bourbon balls depending on the size you make them.
- If the chocolate begins to get too hard for dipping, just heat it up again and stir it well. If the balls start to warm before you dip them in the chocolate, you can always set them back in the fridge to harden up some. Take your time, and we put them in and out of the fridge a few times so we can get the coated the way we like.