Pecan Balls (Christmas Cookies)

photo by Dine Dish





- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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36-42 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄4 cup powdered sugar
- 1⁄2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 cup flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- additional powdered sugar, for rolling
directions
- Mix ingredients together until well blended.
- Hand form into small balls.
- Bake at 300° up to 15 minutes. (These will not brown).
- While balls are still warm, roll into powdered sugar.
Reviews
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I love these cookies. It was my first time making them today. I followed the directions exactly but my cookies were very crumbly and fragile after coming out of the oven and rolling them in the powder sugar. Is it supposed to be this way? I rolled them in the sugar while still warm (not hot) but I found the sugar did not stick very well to the actual cookie. Anyone else experience the same?
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
LiisaN
Twin Cities, 0
<P>I'm a Mom of three boys: 19, 16, 13 (Josh, Jake and Jonah) and a 1 yr old golden retriever-Jethro. I work full-time as a Medicare compliance analyst for a non-profit health insurer. I love to cook - although I don't always have enough time to do as I'd like to do. I don't especially care to do the clean up though- but who does?? Food in general brings people together and makes people feel at ease. My boys love to help out in the kitchen-especially if I'm baking bread or baking sweet treats for them. If anyone were to ask them what I put in a recipe - first two ingredients they'd list would be olive oil and garlic -- (well not for the sweet stuff..at least)! I'm constantly browsing to see how I can alter/influence my family's eating - as well as trying to get it on the table quickly! My boys are all hockey players - so I spend a lot of time at the ice arena. When I have time of my own..I try to get on the golf course or read cookbooks.</P>