Pecan Snowballs

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 cup pecans
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt (recipe calls for kosher salt)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f spread the pecans on a rimmed baking sheet and toast for 8 minutes. let cool and roughly chop.
• 2 with an electric mixer, beat the butter and 1 cup of the sugar until fluffy. mix in the vanilla and almond extracts and salt. gradually add the flour, mixing until just incorporated. mix in the pecans.
• 3 shape the dough into tablespoon-size balls and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet. refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 4 transfer half the balls to a second parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing them 1 1/2 inches apart. bake until lightly golden, 18 to 22 minutes. let cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes.
• 5 place 1/2 cup of the sugar in a large bowl. toss the warm cookies in the sugar and return to the baking sheet. sift the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar over the cookies before serving (i skipped this step).