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Pecan Snowballs

Ingredients

  • 2 cups chopped pecans
  • Confectioners' sugar
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Prep Time:

5 minutes

Cook Time:

20 minutes per batch

Serves:

36

The kind of cookie that brings memories of your childhood, no matter what your age! These crunchy cookies have been called sandies, snowballs, and everything else under the winter sun. We call them delicious!

Why Try? These are wonderful with a cold glass of milk or a hot mug of coffee. Did we mention they're delicious?

Foodie Byte: To make a chocolate-flavored version, simply add 1/4 cup cocoa powder when you add the flour.

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Preparation

  1. Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together. Slowly add flour and salt, mixing completely.
  2. Add chopped pecans and mix well.
  3. Shape into balls about 1 inch in diameter and place on cookie sheet that has been covered with parchment paper or lightly greased.
  4. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool, then sift confectioners' sugar over all sides. NOTE: cookies will not brown.

Nutritional Information

Calories 125, Carbohydrates 9g, Cholesterol 14mg, Fat 10g, Fat Calories 85, Fiber 0.77g, Protein 1g, Saturated Fat 4g, Sodium 33mg. Daily Values: Calcium 6.87mg 1%, Phos 25.8mg 3%, Copper 0.08mg 4%, Zinc 0.33mg 2%, Panto 0.09mg 1%, Biotin 0.07mcg 23%, Magnesium 9.01mg 2%, Iron 0.48mg 3%, Vitamin B6 1%, Vitamin C 0%, Vitamin B12 0%, Vitamin D 1%, Vit E-a-Toco 1%, Vitamin A 3%. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.