This years 2 Holiday Recipes

[Kristie]

it's pretty much a given that if you live and grow up in wisconsin - you will learn and/or try buckeye balls! I grew up with this recipe and it's all over the net. no secrets unfortunately...

Kaub Family Recipe: Buckeye Balls (aka: peanut butter balls)

Ingredients:
1 pound smooth peanut butter
1/2 pound butter
1 1/2 pounds Powdered sugar
12 ounces chocolate chips

Prep. time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 0
Serves: 25

Directions
Mix peanut butter, powdered sugar and butter.
Roll into 1-inch balls; place on cookie sheets and refrigerate for 2 hours.

Melt chocolate chips in top of double boiler over low heat.
Using a toothpick to pick up the balls, dip into melted chocolate, covering 3/4 of the ball; leave the top uncovered to resemble a buckeye.

Pinch top of buckeye shut where the toothpick was.
Place on cookie sheet, covered with waxed paper.
Keep refrigerated.
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This second recipe I learned living down in Florida.. it's a given that if you live/grow up in the south - you will learn and or try Bourbon Balls (these do have quite a bit of alchohol)!

Southern Bourbon Balls

Ingredients:
1 cup vanilla wafers
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/4 cup bourbon
1 cup chopped pecans
Unsweetened cocoa powder and confectioners' sugar, for coating

Directions:
Combine the crumbs,sugar,1/4 cup cocoa powder, corn syrup and bourbon in a food processor or with an electric mixer. Blend until thoroughly mixed. Then, using a spoon, stir in the pecans.

Roll tablespoons of the mixture to form small truffle-sized balls. Roll the bourbon balls in the cocoa to coat them.

Just before serving, lightly sprinkle the balls with confectioners'sugar, using a strainer or shaker.

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