Great Grandma's Nut Butter Balls

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar for rolling

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• preheat the oven to 325 degrees f (165 degrees c).
• in a large bowl, cream together the butter, 1 cup confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. stir in the cake flour, then fold in the pecans. roll dough into 1 inch balls and place them 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
• bake for 15 to 19 minutes in the preheated oven, until lightly browned. cool cookies completely before rolling in additional confectioners' sugar. if you are storing the cookies in a tin, add remaining sugar to the tin.