Pecan Puffs

By KimberlyB

Ingredients

• 1 ⁄2 cup salted butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 ⁄4 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 ⁄4 teaspoon salt (or less)
• powdered sugar, reserved

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300°.
Put on some Christmas music.
Chop pecan in a food processor or by knife.
Beat butter until soft with a mixer. Add sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Carefully add flour and blend well.
Coat hands with flour. Use a teaspoon scoop or a teaspoon and shape into cherry-size and place on a parchment-lined or greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 300° 15-20 minutes.
(These should be light in color. Do not brown!) While cookies are still quite warm, roll them in confectioner’s sugar. When cool, roll in confectioner’s sugar again.