Pecan Snowball Cookies

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Lucia Seligman

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Pecan Snowball Cookies

Makes 15 cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar (plus more for dusting)
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ tsp almond extract 

Directions: 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350ºF and line 2 baking trays with parchment paper
  2. In a large bowl whisk together softened butter and sugars until light in color and fluffy
  3. Add in the vanilla and almond extract and whisk until combined
  4. Slowly sift the flour into the butter mixture and mix in with the chopped pecans and salt
  5. Once the dough is complete, form 2 inch balls and place them on the baking sheets
  6. Bake the cookies for 12 minutes 
  7. After taking the cookies out of the oven, place them directly into a medium bowl filled with powdered sugar and roll them around until fully coated
  8. Let the cookies fully cool until no longer warm to the touch and then roll them again in the powdered sugar