Christy's Mexican Wedding Cookies

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 cups pecans (finely chopped)
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven at 350°f.
• 2 cream butter and sugar in a large bowl with a fork. add 2tsp. vanilla flavoring and 1 ½ cup pecans. fold in 2 ½ cups flour with fork till evenly mixed. dough will be crumbly. mold into small balls no bigger than the size of a walnut. roll through powdered sugar. place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 3 bake in oven for 12 to 15 minutes. once cookies are cooled, take off cookie sheets and roll in powdered sugar, or shake a few times in a sack of powdered sugar. store in cool, dry place.
• 4 yield: makes approximately 3 dozen (depending on the size of your balls).