Best Date Pecan Balls Recipes

DATE-PECAN BALLS

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Make and share this Date-Pecan Balls recipe from Food.com.

Provided by evelynathens

Categories Dessert

Time 50m

Yield 55 cookies

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon clove
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 cups pecans, finely chopped
1 cup pitted dates, chopped
icing sugar

Steps:

Cream butter with sugar in large bowl.
Mix in vanilla.
Stir in flour and spices.
Add pecans and dates and mix thoroughly.
Shape into walnut-size balls.
Transfer to wax paper lined tray.
Freeze 15 minutes or refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease baking sheets.
Arrange cookies, spacing 1 inch apart.
Bake until golden, 15-20 minutes.
Roll in icing sugar.
Let cool slightly.
Roll in icing sugar again.
Store in airtight container.

DATE PECAN BALLS (RUSSIAN TEA CAKES)

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Categories Cookies Dessert Bake

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 C. soft butter
1/2 C. sugar
2 t. vanilla
2 C. sifted flour
2 C. ground pecans
1 C. whole dates, cut up

Steps:

Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla and mix. Add flour and mix. Blend in pecans and dates. Roll by teaspoon size into balls. Refrigerate 1-2 hours. Bake in a 350 degree oven on a greased cookie sheet for 20 minutes. WATCH! Remove from pan and roll in powdered sugar. Sprinkle again with powdered sugar after cookies have cooled.

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