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Snowball Cookies Recipe

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Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup pecans
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup Butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg (unbeaten)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Heat oven to 325°F.

Process pecans in food processor until finely chopped. Transfer chopped pecans to bowl; stir in flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.

Cream butter and powdered sugar in medium bowl 2 minutes or until fluffy. Beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low; add nut mixture. Beat just until dough is combined.

Working with 1 tablespoon dough, shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place, 1 inch apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake 16-18 minutes or until very lightly browned. Let cookies cool on cookie sheet 5 minutes; transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.

Place powdered sugar into shallow bowl; roll cooled cookies in sugar to coat. Store in airtight container. If necessary, re-roll cookies in powdered sugar before serving.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
48 cookies
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
30 min

 

 

 

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