PECAN BUTTER BALLS
This is my Tanté Enna's recipe. She made them every year when we would visit. So worth the trip. I was glad to be able to get this recipe and a couple others that I had enjoyed so much as a child.
Provided by CabinKat
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 4 Dozen, 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- If you prefer, you can substitute the pecans with walnuts, almonds, or filberts. I prefer the pecans to give this cookie a bit of sweetness.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit; high elevation use convection if you can; or bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Sift flour (very important to do this for lighter cookies), sugar, and salt in medium to large bowl.
- Cut up butter into workable pieces, add to flour, and add vanilla.
- Mix as if you were making a pie crust; should look like beads or pea size. Use hand or sturdy spoon to mix well enough to form dough ball.
- Add and work in 2 cups of the nuts.
- Shape into 1-inch balls. You can refrigerate dough for about an hour if you think it will be easier to work with; I have not needed to.
- Roll balls in the remaining 1 cup nuts.
- Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for about 25 minutes; may take 5 extra minutes, depending on the elevation.
- You can remove them right away to a wire rack to cool.
- You can use this same recipe for Wedding Cookies, just omit the 1 cup nuts for rolling and roll in powdered sugar instead. Bake the same amount of time.
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Sean Black
[email protected]These pecan butter balls are the perfect holiday treat. They're easy to make, delicious, and everyone loves them.
chantel Legge
[email protected]These pecan butter balls are so easy to make and they're always a crowd-pleaser. I love that I can make them ahead of time and just pop them in the oven when I'm ready to serve.
ina Mothoa
[email protected]I've been making these pecan butter balls for years and they're always a hit. They're the perfect combination of sweet and salty.
Syed Emon
[email protected]These pecan butter balls are the perfect holiday treat. They're easy to make, delicious, and everyone loves them.
Tanya Smith
[email protected]These pecan butter balls are so easy to make and they're always a crowd-pleaser. I love that I can make them ahead of time and just pop them in the oven when I'm ready to serve.
Ethan Dahn
[email protected]I've been making these pecan butter balls for years and they're always a hit. They're the perfect combination of sweet and salty.
Inioluwa
[email protected]These pecan butter balls are the perfect holiday treat. They're easy to make, delicious, and everyone loves them.
chane frone
[email protected]I was a little hesitant to try this recipe because I'm not a huge fan of pecans, but I'm so glad I did! These pecan butter balls are delicious. The combination of the sweet and salty flavors is perfect.
Mohamed Amiid
[email protected]I've made these pecan butter balls several times now and they're always a crowd-pleaser. They're also a great way to use up leftover pecans.
Imran Ameen
[email protected]These pecan butter balls were a hit at my holiday party! They were so easy to make and everyone loved them.