Pecan Butter Balls - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. finely chopped pecans
2 c. flour
1 c. butter or margarine, softened
1/2 c. granulated sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. salt
confectioners sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Chop pecans in blender.
Combine pecans with flour, butter, granulated sugar, vanilla and salt.
Mix until well blended, then gather in a ball.
With lightly floured hands, shape into 1-inch balls.
Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for 20 minutes or until browned on bottom.
Cool slightly, then remove from cookie sheets.
Shake a few cookies at a time in a bag with confectioners sugar.
Makes 5 dozen.