Southern Classic: Bourbon Balls – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 2 cups pecan halves
• 2 cups shortbread cookies, crushed into crumbs (about 10 oz.)
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp. heavy cream
• 4 tbsp. light corn syrup
• 2 tbsp. honey
• 9 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped (Ruckman likes Valrhona Equatoriale 55%)
• 2 tbsp., plus 1 tsp. bourbon (Ruckman likes Evan Williams Single Barrel or Buffalo Trace)
• 1 vanilla bean
• 1/4 cup sugar