Cherry Snowballs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup soft butter
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups flour, sifted
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup chopped pecans
16 ounces candied cherries
1/2 cup icing sugar

Preparation

Blend together butter, 1/2 cup icing sugar and vanilla.
Then add flour, salt and chopped pecans.
Mix well to form a dough.
Chill dough thoroughly.
Drain candied cherries well.
Form dough around each cherry to form a small ball.
Bake at 400 for 10- 15 minutes.
(Dough should not brown).
Roll in icing sugar while warm and again when cool.