Butternut Balls - A

This cookie is more tender than the typical butter cookie because there's powdered sugar in the dough rather than granulated sugar. Try them! The number of cookies depends on how big you make them

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 3 doz?

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup  sifted powdered sugar (plus extra for rolling)
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1⁄3 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
•  pecan halves
•  chocolate  Hershey chocolate kiss

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
2. In large bowl, combine butter and powdered sugar and mix well.
3. Add vanilla and beat.
4. Add dry ingredients and mix until a dough forms.
5. Form dough around pecan halves or chocolate kiss, enclosing nut or chocolate completely.
6. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 10-12 minutes.
7. Cookies should not brown.
8. Immediately drop into a bowl full of powdered sugar and roll to coat.
9. Let cool on wire racks.
10. When cool, roll in powdered sugar again.
11. NOTE: the number of cookies depends on how big you make them.