PECAN BUTTER BALLS

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This recipe came to me from Louise via Ethel, two Pensacola friends. I don't know how many times I have lost this recipe and then found it, sometimes too late for the holidays, when I bake Pecan Butter Balls. My losing and finding the recipe reminds me of a little saying that is my motto: "Those who are so proud of a neat desk...

Provided by Sandy Young

Categories     Cookies

Time 20m

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 c butter, softened
3 Tbsp sifter confectioners' sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp almond extract
2 c sifted all-purpose flour
1 c chopped pecans
extra sifted confectioners' sugar to roll balls in

Steps:

  • 1. Cream butter. Then add 3 tablespoons sifted confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and almond extract. Beat together.
  • 2. Add sifted flour and chopped pecans.
  • 3. Roll into tiny balls. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until done. Roll in powdered sugar while hot. Your hands will probably feel the heat! Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
  • 4. This is one of my favorite cookie recipes, and I make these small, sweet cookies every Christmas. I always hope others will eat a lot of them because I could eat every one of them myself!

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