These melt-in-your-mouth pecan snowball cookies have an irresistible moist center like a chewy shortbread cookie. It's the perfect holiday cookie recipe to bake this Christmas.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time15 minutesmins
Total Time45 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cookies
Servings: 30
Calories: 135kcal
Ingredients
1cupsoftened butter
1/2cupsugar
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
2cupsall-purpose flour
1/2teaspoonsalt
2cupsfinely ground nuts of your choiceI'm using pecans
confectioner's sugar
Instructions
Cream together the butter, sugar, and salt until fluffy. Add the flour and vanilla extract and mix well, scraping down the sides as needed. Add finely chopped pecans and mix until well incorporated.
1 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 cups finely ground nuts of your choice
Shape into one-inch balls of cookie dough (mine are bigger because I use a little cookie dough scoop) and place them on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 325 for 20 minutes, but don't let them brown.
Cool the cookies. When cooled, roll each snowball cookie in confectioner's sugar.