Snowball Cookies

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• 1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325°f.
• 2 mix together flour and salt in bowl.
• 3 cream shortening, butter, and icing sugar in seperate bowl.
• 4 blend in vanilla, almond extract, and nuts with the creamed mixture.
• 5 gradually stir creamed mixture into dry ingredients to form smooth dough.
• 6 shape into balls with 1 tbsp dough.
• 7 place on ungreased cookie sheet and flatten slightly on the bottoms. (shaped like a flat-bottomed snowball).
• 8 bake 20-25 minutes.
• 9 roll cookies in icing sugar and cool on rack.