Ingredients

The following ingredients have 24 Servings
  • 1 cup softened butter
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (divided in half)
  • 1 teaspoon pure Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup pecan halves (finely chopped )

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 375 F. degrees.
  • Beat the butter and 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  • Add vanilla extract and beat until vanilla is completely incorporated.
  • Add the flour to the bowl 1 cup at a time mixing with a hand held mixer until the dough becomes too thick or the mixer begins to strain.
  •  Slowly add the remaining flour and the finely chopped pecans to the bowl. Continue mixing until the pecans are evenly distributed through out the dough.
  • Shape the dough into one and half inch round balls and place on a cookie sheet leaving 2 inches between each cookies.
  • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly golden.
  • Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and cool the cookies for 3 minutes or until they are cool enough to handle.
  • Drop each warm cookie one at a time into the bowl of the remaining 1/2 cup of powdered sugar. Roll the warm cookies in the sugar coating the cookie thickly on all sides.
  • Place sugar dipped cookies on a wire rack and cool completely before storing. Store the cookies in single layers in an air tight container.
  • Makes about 48 cookies