Another holiday favorite! Rum Balls
32 Vanilla wafers
1 cup pecans
2 tbsp cocoa
1/4 cup white corn syrup
1/4 cup rum
confectioners’ sugar
Blender chop the Vanilla wafers, place crumbs in large bowl. Blender chop the pecans, add to crumbs and add cocoa, syrup and rum and mix well. Coat hands with confectioners’ sugar and roll mixture into balls. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, then roll in confectioners’ sugar. You may need to re-coat with confectioners’ sugar if you don’t eat them right away.
– from Oster Kitchen Center Cookbook ©1980