Nut Balls

My Dadâ€™s Favorite Christmas Cookie
My mom made them every year when I was growing up. Now I make them every year for Dennis.

Makes 2 dozen

Ingredients

1 teaspoon vanilla (use good quality extract)

2 tablespoons sugar

1 cup chopped pecans

1 Â¼ cup self rising flour

1 stick butter melted

2 cups powdered sugar- use more as needed

Instructions

Measure flour into a large bowl and add sugar, whisk to mix.

Add vanilla to butter and add to flour. Add pecans.

Pinch off dough and roll into balls whatever size you like. I usually make them about the diameter of a quarter.

Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes depending on size and your oven, until lightly golden.

Remove from oven and cool slightly but while still warm roll into powdered sugar. Serve warm or save for the next day if they last that long.

Cooking Wiser

Sift powdered sugar, it will make the sugar coat the cookie better.
Color the powdered sugar with food coloring to coordinate with Holidays; red and green for Christmas, Blue and red for 4th of July, etc.