a warming holiday moment~

been busy planting hundreds of trees and shrubs, moving benches, mowing acres, but baby its cold outside, we need a little warming up inside and out...

snowballs~

 

pecan balls

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened

2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, divided

2 teaspoons vanilla

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 cups flour

2 cups finely chopped pecans

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add 1/2 cup of the sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and salt; beat until well blended. Stir in flour and pecans.

2. Shape into 1-inch balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.

3. Bake 15 minutes. Remove from baking sheets. Immediately roll hot cookies in remaining 2 cups sugar. Place sugared cookies on wire racks to cool. When cool, roll again in sugar.

Cinnamon Pecan Cookie Balls: Add 1/2 teaspoon McCormick® Ground Cinnamon to the cookie dough, adding with the nutmeg. Add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon to the 2 cups confectioners' sugar for rolling.

seeing red~