Pecan Snowballs (Wedding Cookies)
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Cuisine: Dessert, Cookies, Sweets
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Ingredients
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 3-4 cups powdered sugar (for rolling the cookies)
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place powdered sugar in a bowl and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl using your hands, mix together the butter, granulated sugar, vanilla, flour, and chopped pecans until the mixtures is no longer sticky. This will take several minutes.
  3. Once the dough comes together, pinch off small amounts of dough and roll into small balls, "finger" shapes, or crescents, and place onto a baking sheet lined with a silicon baking or parchment paper. (Otherwise, just use an ungreased baking sheet).
  4. Pop into oven and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until slightly golden brown. Allow to rest for 2 minutes.
  5. Remove cookies from pan and dump them into bowl of powdered sugar and coat. Set cookies aside, let them cool a few more minutes, then dump them back into the bowl of powdered sugar for a second coating.**
  6. Enjoy!
Notes
**Two coats of powdered sugar makes these cookies extra special!
Recipe by Shug & Spice at https://shugandspice.com/2016/12/21/pecan-snowballs-wedding-cookies/