Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

3 tbsp confectioners sugar

1 cup sifted flour

1 cup finely chopped pecans

extra confectioners sugar

Preparation

  1. Cream butter and 3 tbsp. confectioners sugar until fluffy.

  2. Stir in flour gradually

  3. Add pecans until well blended. 4 Chill several hours or until firm to handle

  4. Roll dough, teaspoon at a time, into marble-size balls between palms of hands.

  5. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased cookie sheets

  6. Bake in slow oven (325F) for 20 minutes or until lightly golden.

  7. Cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes.

  8. Remove carefully and roll in extra confectioners sugar while still warm to make a generous white coating.

  9. Cool completely on wire racks.

  10. Store with waxed paper between layers in container with tight-fitting lid.