Coconut Balls

By jann

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1/2 pound pecan halves, or whole almonds, shredded coconut

Preparation

Step 1

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. Beat together butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Sift flour with salt and add to butter mixture; blend. Shape dough round each nut to form a 1 inch ball. Roll in coconut. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. bake for 20 minutes. Cool and store in loosely covered can.