Pecan Butterballs

By nanarose

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 16 Tbsp. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus about 1 1/4 cups for coating the cookies
• 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup finely chopped pecans

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from culinate.com

Preparation

Step 1

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter in a large bowl until creamy. Add ½ cup of the confectioners’ sugar and beat until smooth. Beat in the vanilla and salt. With the beaters on low speed, mix in the flour just until incorporated. Mix in the pecans.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line 1 or 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Place the remaining 1¼ cups confectioners’ sugar in a shallow bowl. While the cookies are still warm, roll them in the sugar to coat. (Be gentle, because the cookies are fragile.) Set them on a rack to cool. Just before serving or storing, recoat the cookies with sugar.