Chocolate-filled Russian Tea Cakes

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup pecans, finely chopped
• 48 milk chocolate stars
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon red sugar crystals
• 1 tablespoon green sugar crystals

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400.
• 2 in large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla until well blended.
• 3 on low speed, beat in flour, salt and pecans.
• 4 for each cookie, shape a scant tbsp of dough around 1 chocolate star to make a 1-inch ball.
• 5 place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 6 bake 12-15 minutes or until set and bottoms start to turn golden brown.
• 7 sugar coating:.
• 8 combine powdered sugar and red and green sugar.
• 9 mix well.
• 10 immediately remove baked cookies from cookies sheets and roll in sugar coating.
• 11 cool completely on cooling racks, about 30 minutes.
• 12 roll in sugar coating again.