Best Buttery Pecan Snowball Cookies Recipes

PECAN SNOWBALL COOKIE BITES

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My 3-year-old loves these cookie bites, and so do most people who try them.

Provided by Janet J

Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Pecan Dessert Recipes

Time 40m

Yield 48

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
½ cup packed light brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 cups finely chopped pecans
1 tablespoon sifted confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease 4 baking sheets.
Beat butter and brown sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer. Stir in vanilla extract. Stir in flour gradually; mixture will be crumbly. Add pecans and work into the dough.
Pinch off dough in teaspoons; roll in hands to form balls that are about 1/2-inch in diameter. Place onto the prepared baking sheets.
Bake in the preheated oven until firm and browned on bottoms, 15 to 18 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 97 calories, Carbohydrate 7.1 g, Cholesterol 10.2 mg, Fat 7.5 g, Fiber 0.6 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 1.3 mg, Sugar 2.6 g

BUTTERY PECAN SNOWBALL COOKIES

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These Buttery Pecan Snowball Cookies are easy, quick to fix, delicious, and they freeze well. You may even have the ingredients in your house right now. Also known as Russian Tea Cakes and Mexican Wedding Cookies but in our house we just call them Snowballs They are the delectable cookie with a thousand names.

Provided by Beth Pierce

Categories Cookies

Time 26m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 c butter softened
1/2 c powdered sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/4 c flour
1 c finely chopped pecans
1 c powdered sugar for dusting

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In stand mixer cream butter and powdered sugar. Turn to low and mix in salt, vanilla, flour and pecans. Roll into one inch balls. Place on parchment covered baking sheets a few inches part. Bake for 11 minutes. Do not over bake
3. Remove from oven and allow to cool just enough to handle them. Pour 1 cup powdered sugar in large Ziploc bag or in a wide bowl. Gently add 3-4 cookies at a time and roll them gently in the bottom of the bag. Use fork to scoop under each cookie and gently shake to remove excess powdered sugar. Place on cooling racks. Once completely cooled roll in powdered sugar bag again.