Snowball Cookies

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup sifted flour
• 1 cup finely chopped roasted pecan

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and 3 tablespoons confectiner's sugar until fluffy in a medium-size bowl.
• 2 stir in flour gradually, then pecans until well blended.
• 3 chill several hours or until firm enough to handle.
• 4 roll dough, a teaspoonful at a time, into marble sized balls between palms of hands.
• 5 place two inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 6 bake in a slow (325 degrees) oven 20 minutes, or until lightly golden.
• 7 cool on cookie sheets 2 - 3 minutes, remove carefully.
• 8 put remaining confectioner's sugar in a bowl and carefully roll still warm cookies to make a generous coating.
• 9 cool completely.
• 10 store with waxed paper or transparent wrap between layers in container with tip fitting cover.