pecan butter balls
This recipe came to me from Louise via Ethel, two Pensacola friends. I don't know how many times I have lost this recipe and then found it, sometimes too late for the holidays, when I bake Pecan Butter Balls. My losing and finding the recipe reminds me of a little saying that is my motto: "Those who are so proud of a neat desk will never know the sheer joy of finding something they thought had been lost forever!" The same goes for piles of recipes in the kitchen . . . Photo: http://www.culinate.com/books/collections/all_books/christmas_cookies/pecan_butterballs
prep time
cook time
20 Min
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yield
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 tablespoons sifter confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- - extra sifted confectioners' sugar to roll balls in
How To Make pecan butter balls
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Step 1Cream butter. Then add 3 tablespoons sifted confectioners' sugar, vanilla, and almond extract. Beat together.
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Step 2Add sifted flour and chopped pecans.
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Step 3Roll into tiny balls. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until done. Roll in powdered sugar while hot. Your hands will probably feel the heat! Makes about 6 dozen cookies.
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Step 4This is one of my favorite cookie recipes, and I make these small, sweet cookies every Christmas. I always hope others will eat a lot of them because I could eat every one of them myself!
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