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Pecan Snowballs

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  • 24

    Servings

  • 10 min

    Preparation Time

  • 10 min

    Cook Time

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Add Pecan Snowballs to your list of family traditions. These soft and buttery pecan cookies are a perfect way to celebrate Christmas and the holidays. Each batch of these festive cookies make plenty to share and are perfect for a holiday cookie exchange. After baking coat these cookies in powdered sugar for cookies that are white as snow.

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter flavor crisco
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp milk or water
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup Quaker® Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked)
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
  • 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
  • Powdered sugar

Cooking Instructions

  • Heat oven to 325°F.
  • Beat first four ingredients until creamy.
  • Add combined flour, oats, pecans and salt; mix well.
  • Shape rounded teaspoonfuls into balls.
  • Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 15 to 18 minutes or until bottoms are light golden brown.
  • Roll in powdered sugar while warm.
  • Remove to wire rack.
  • Cool completely on wire rack.
  • Reroll in powdered sugar.
  • ABOUT 4 DOZEN VARIATION: Roll in powdered sugar only once.
  • Microwave 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces and 1 tsp Crisco at HIGH 1 to 2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until smooth; drizzle over cookies.

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