Snowballs

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar for dusting, or as needed
• ¼ cup finely crushed peppermint candy canes (optional)

Directions

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• Step 2
  Cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar and the vanilla. Mix in the flour, pecans, and salt. Roll about 1 tablespoon or so of dough into balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.

• Step 3
  Bake in preheated oven until bottoms are golden, about 15 minutes. Do not allow these cookies to get too brown: it’s better to undercook them than to overcook them. While cookies are still hot, roll them in confectioners’ sugar. Once they have cooled, roll them in confectioners’ sugar once more.