Pecan Balls recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter
4 tablespoons (heaping) powdered sugar
2 cups sifted cake flour
1 cup finely ground pecans
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons powdered sugar, or as needed

Nutrition Info

72 calories
carbohydrate: 6 g
cholesterol: 10.2 mg
fat: 5.1 g
fiber: 0.3 g
protein: 0.7 g
saturatedFat: 2.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 27.4 mg
sugar: 1.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Cream butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 4 heaping tablespoons powdered sugar and beat until well combined. Mix in cake flour, pecans, water, and vanilla extract.

  3. Roll dough into balls and place on an ungreased baking pan.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until pecan balls are lightly brown on the bottom, about 10 minutes. Roll in powdered sugar while still warm.

Recipe Yield

48 pecan balls

Recipe Note

Chewy pecan cookies--a holiday favorite in our house.

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