Spread the pecans on a cookie sheet, and place in the oven for 3 minutes.

Bourbon balls recipe. Web 1 beat butter and confectioners’ sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Allow the cookie balls to sit for at least 12 hours before serving so the flavors can meld together. Web sift the cocoa and 1 cup powdered sugar into a medium bowl.

Now, stir the bourbon back in to the nut mixture, along. Mix the nuts with the graham cracker crumbs, along with ¼ cup each of cocoa powder and confectioners' sugar. The mixture should be easy enough to roll into balls without crumbling, but not too sticky.

6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped. Combine 1 cup pecans and bourbon; Stir every 30 seconds until fully melted.

Let this mixture sit for at least 1 hour. 1 tablespoon coconut oil or vegetable shortening. Web the full recipe for kentucky bourbon balls is below, but here's a quick recap:

Melt chocolate and shortening in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in pecans, vanilla and bourbon. The pecans will soak up most of the bourbon.

Web to make bourbon balls, combine 1 cup of finely chopped pecans with 5 tablespoons of bourbon. Web roll the balls in powdered sugar once, or even twice if the powdered sugar starts “melting” in. Web 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract.