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Bourbon Balls

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Bourbon BallsKimberley Sentner

Editor's note: This recipe appears as part of our editors' Christmas Cookie Swap, 10 beloved holiday recipes from the editors of Epicurious and Gourmet Live.

These bite-sized cookie balls are made of all the best things: ground vanilla wafers, ground pecans, confectioner's sugar, white Karo syrup, and good bourbon whiskey.

Comment:

These are delicious and will keep for months in a tin box in the refrigerator.

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