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Snowballs

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter 8oz - 2 sticks / room temperature
  • 1/2 cup confectioners sugar.
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup confectioners sugar for rolling after baking

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
  2. Cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners sugar and the vanilla.
  3. Mix in the flour, pecans, and salt.
  4. Spoon 1 tablespoon of dough and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. Bake in preheated oven until bottoms are golden, about 15 minutes. Do not allow these cookies to get too brown: it's better to undercook them than to overcook them.
  6. While cookies are still hot, roll them in confectioners sugar.
  7. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack, then roll again in powdered sugar.

Notes

Store in airtight container.