These are always part of my Christmas cookie tray. They are so simple to make and melt in your mouth! Even if you are not a baker, you cannot mess these cookies up, they come out perfect every time.
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Pecan Snowball Cookies
A melt in your mouth delight. An easy cookie that comes out perfect every time!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Italian
Keyword christmas, cookie, pecan snowball
1 cup Unsalted Butter 1/2 cup Confectioner's Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla Extract 2 1/4 cups AP Flour, spooned and leveled 1/4 tsp Salt 1 cup Chopped Pecans Confectioners Sugar for Rolling
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add in Vanilla extract.
Sift flour and salt together. Add in dry ingredients to the creamed butter, making sure it is incorporated. Add in chopped Pecans and mix.
Refrigerate the dough for 30 mins.
Preheat the oven to 350℉.
Using a 1 inch cookie scoop, place the cookies onto a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake for 16-18 mins.
Roll the warm cookies in confectioner's sugar and place on a wire rack to cool.
These freeze really well, so they can definitely make these ahead.