Snowballs
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar for dusting, or as needed
- ¼ cup finely crushed peppermint candy canes (optional)
Directions
- Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Step 2
Cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar and the vanilla. Mix in the flour, pecans, and salt. Roll about 1 tablespoon or so of dough into balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Step 3
Bake in preheated oven until bottoms are golden, about 15 minutes. Do not allow these cookies to get too brown: it’s better to undercook them than to overcook them. While cookies are still hot, roll them in confectioners’ sugar. Once they have cooled, roll them in confectioners’ sugar once more.