Sandy's Snowballs

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 1/2 cup sweet unsalted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup sifted cake flour
• 1 large egg
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup ground pecans
• 2 -3 cups powdered sugar, more as needed

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f.
• 2 cream butter until smooth and creamy, using an electric mixer.
• 3 using a wooden spoon, stir in cake flour,vanilla, egg,& salt until mixed well (using an electric at this point could make the dough too tough).
• 4 stir in the ground nuts.
• 5 shape into 30 small balls and bake on parchment lined baking sheets at 350 f for 10 minutes (they will appear to be sitting in puddles of melted butter as they bake - this is normal), then rotate your trays in the oven and continue baking another 5-10 minutes, or until they just start to turn golden.
• 6 roll in powdered sugar while hot.
• 7 let cool.
• 8 when cool, roll again in more powdered sugar to coat.
• 9 store in wax paper lined cookie tins.