Chocolate Cookie Bites

Great with homemade Vanilla Ice Cream. The kids around here eat these like there is no tomorrow.

• Ready In: 31 mins
• Yields: 2 1/2 dozen

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup  chopped pecans
• 1 1⁄4 cups powdered sugar, divided
• 1  cup butter, softened
• 2  tablespoons milk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1⁄4 cup  unsweetened cocoa
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Place pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan. Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes or until lightly toasted, stirring once halfway through baking.
2. Beat 1 cup powdered sugar and butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add milk and vanilla,beating until blended.
3. Combine flour,cocoa and salt;gradually add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in pecans.
4. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, and place 1 1/2 inches apart on a lightly greased baking sheet.
5. Bake at 400 for 11 to 13 minutes or until tops of cookies just begin to crack. Cool on baking sheet 3 minutes. Remove to wire racks; dust with remaining 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Cool 10 minutes.