Chocolate Snowballs Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups butter
- ⅔ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups chopped pecans
- ½ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration
Directions
step 1: In a medium bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, salt, and cocoa; stir into the creamed mixture. Mix in the pecans until well blended. Cover, and chill for at least 2 hours.
step 2: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Roll chilled dough into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets about 2 inches apart.
step 3: Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven. Roll in confectioners' sugar when cooled.
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