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Snowball Cookies Recipe: Melt-in-Your-Mouth Pecan Cookies for Christmas

Buttery pecan snowball cookies that melt in your mouth, rolled in powdered sugar. A classic for Christmas cookie exchanges and holiday dessert tables. Ideas for snowball cookies, Russian tea cakes and Christmas cookie exchange.

Snowball Cookies: recipe card with ingredients and steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup finely chopped pecans
  • Extra powdered sugar to roll

Instructions

  1. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla
  2. Mix in flour and pecans
  3. Roll into balls and bake at 350°F / 175°C for 14 minutes
  4. Roll in powdered sugar while warm, then again when cool

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