Mom's Rum Balls

Ingredients [metric]

• 1 c crushed vanilla wafers
• Either:
• 1 c ground pecans
• 1 c ground walnuts
• 1 c confectioners sugar
• 2 Tb cocoa
• 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 Tb corn syrup
• Either:
• 1/4 c rum
• 1/4 c bourbon
• extra confectioners sugar

Directions

Grind the nuts in a food processor until very finely chopped. This will take a minute or minute and a half.

Mix crushed (fine, but not to a powder!) cookies, nuts, sugar and cocoa. Add combined syrup and rum. Let sit for a few days in the refrigerator; the dough improves with age.

Shape into 3/4-inch diameter balls and roll in confectioners sugar.