Pecan Snow Ball Cookies
These delicate, buttery pecan balls are the essence of Christmas for me. Every year growing up, my Grandma Barbara, the undisputed Christmas Queen, would make a batch (or five) of these crumbly little snowballs
Ingredients
- 1 cup Butter (Unsalted )
- 2½ cups sifted powdered sugar
- ⅛ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Nutmeg
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 cups Finely Chopped Pecans
Instructions
- Preheat over to 350°F
- Cream butter until soft; add ½ cup of the powdered sugar, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla; continue creaming until thoroughly mixed.
- Stir in flour first, then pecans. Dough should be very thick and somewhat crumbly.
- Shape dough into small balls, no more than 1 inch diameter. Refrigerate for 1 or more hours to ensure cookies stay in ball form in the oven.
- Place on baking sheet and bake in 350°F oven for 15 minutes.
- Remove from baking sheet and quickly roll the hot cookies in the remaining 2 cups powdered sugar.
- Cool; roll again in powdered sugar. Store in a tight container.