Pecan Butterball Cookies

⏱ 55 mins 🍽 2 dozen 🏷 Nuts

These classic pecan butterball cookies are a delightful nutty treat. The recipe combines a buttery dough with finely chopped pecans, shaped into small balls and baked until perfect. They yield approximately two dozen cookies, making them ideal for sharing. The total preparation and baking time is around 55 minutes.

Pecan Butterball Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 cups finely chopped pecans

Method

  1. Set your oven to heat to 325.
  2. Sift the all-purpose flour together with the granulated sugar and salt.
  3. Incorporate the butter and vanilla into the sifted flour mixture.
  4. Stir in two cups of the finely chopped pecans.
  5. Combine everything thoroughly, then form the dough into one-inch balls.
  6. Coat each dough ball by rolling it in the remaining cup of chopped pecans.
  7. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment and bake on the middle rack for 25 minutes.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1394900 mg

Recipe details

CategoryNuts
Authorjanetvox