~ "the highlands" bourbon balls Recipe ~

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       Title: "The Highlands" Bourbon Balls
  Categories: Cookies, Holiday, Christmas
       Yield: 24 servings
  
       1 c  Pecans
            0.50    box semi-sweet
            -chocolate
       4 tb Maker's mark
            -squares
       1    Stick of butter
            0.50    rectangle of
            -paraffin
       1 lb Box powdered sugar
  
     Combine pecans and bourbon; wait at least 3 hours for pecans to absorb
     bourbon flavor. Cream butter and powdered sugar with mixer, adding
     bourbon and pecan mixture. Roll mixture into small balls and chill in
     refrigerator for 1-1/2 hours. Melt chocolate in double boiler, adding
     shaved paraffin. Heat until thoroughly melted. Dip balls into
     chocolate and put on waxed paper to dry. (use fork or long skewer
     when dipping balls.)
  
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