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Title

Chocolate Pecan Truffles

Subject

chocolate morsels

sour cream

pecans

vanilla wafers

cake crumbs

confectioners' sugar

orange rind

orange juice

cocoa powder

Description

CHOCOLATE PECAN TRUFFLES

1 cup chocolate morsels
½ cup sour cream
1½ cups pecans, chopped
fairly fine but not
pulverized
2½ cups vanilla wafers or
cake crumbs, finely
crushed
½ cup confectioners' sugar,
sifted
1 tablespoon grated orange
rind
⅓ cup orange juice,
approximately
½ cup unsweetened cocoa
powder, sifted

Melt chocolate and sour cream
in top of a double boiler over sim-
mering water. Stir until smooth,
then chill until mixture is barely
pliable.
Take a small amount, about half
a teaspoon, and roll into a ball with
your fingers. If chocolate is chilled
enough, this is easy. Continue to
make balls of all the chocolate, then
refrigerate until firm. These are the
centers of the truffles.

over

Back:
Mix together pecans, vanilla
wafers, confectioners' sugar, grated
orange rind and juice, using a food
processor if possible. Use just
enough orange juice to moisten and
hold together mixture, no more.
Roll chocolate balls in it and
then between your palms to make
them firm. Roll finally in cocoa
powder, shaking off excess. Refrig-
erate until serving time. Makes
about 48 truffles.

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# Chocolate Pecan Truffles

*Makes about 48 truffles*

## Ingredients

- 1 cup chocolate morsels
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped fairly fine but not pulverized
- 2 1/2 cups vanilla wafers or cake crumbs, finely crushed
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 Tbsp grated orange rind
- 1/3 cup orange juice, approximately
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

## Instructions

1. Melt chocolate morsels and sour cream in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir until smooth, then chill until the mixture is barely pliable.
2. Take a small amount, about half a teaspoon, and roll into a ball with your fingers. If the chocolate is chilled enough, this is easy. Continue to make balls of all the chocolate, then refrigerate until firm. These are the centers of the truffles.
3. Mix together the pecans, vanilla wafers, confectioners' sugar, grated orange rind, and orange juice, using a food processor if possible. Use just enough orange juice to moisten and hold the mixture together, no more.
4. Roll the chilled chocolate balls in the pecan mixture, then roll between your palms to make them firm.
5. Roll finally in cocoa powder, shaking off excess.
6. Refrigerate until serving time.

Creator

Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka

Source

RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project (eBay)

Date

1960s

Rights

Personal/Family

Format

Typed recipe card

Identifier

RCA0006-20260609-0279

Coverage

Oregon, US