Categories: Desserts, Christmas, Gainesville 
      Yield: 4 dozen 
  
      2 c  Pecans, chopped finely 
      2 c  Confectioner's sugar, sifted 
      2 c  Chocolate wafer crumbs 
    2/3 c  Amaretto 
           Pecans, additional 
  
  Process pecans and wafers separately; combine in food processor with sugar. 
  SLOWLY pour in liqueur until mixture forms a ball. You might not need the 
  whole amount, depending on the humidity level. (If mixture gets too wet, 
  put it in the refrigerator -- uncovered -- overnight to dry out some.) 
   
  Shape into small balls; roll in additional finely chopped pecans. Store in 
  tightly sealed container.  Yield:  Not nearly enough. 
   
  Vicki's notes: 
   
  *  One Christmas Eve I had to work, but I took a break to pop in a 
  bookstore.  They were having an open house, and I managed to snarf a lot of 
  these morsels during those stolen minutes!  After Christmas I came back to 
  hunt down the clerk who brought these -- my finest bit of sleuthing yet... 
   
  *  These are equally enjoyed and requested by my friends.  Although some 
  have tried other liqueurs -- including bourbon -- the results are never as 
  good as the original! 
   
  *  I substitute Oreos for the wafers, plus use only 1 1/3 C confec sugar; 
  don't worry about the cookies' filling because it is nothing more than 
  confec sugar.