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    Home » Desserts » Pecan Snowball Cookies

    By Kaleigh - December 6, 2015, Updated February 21, 2021

    Pecan Snowball Cookies

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    Christmas Pecan Snowball Cookies are as easy to make as they are delicious! Bring these Christmas cookies to your holiday parties or set them out for Santa for a very merry Christmas!

    pecan snowball cookies

    These Pecan Snowball Cookies cookies always remind me of my Aunt Debby. She made them every year for Christmas and used to give each child in our family our own little box of them with a Christmas ornament attached. I still have all of my "Aunt Debby" ornaments that came with me when I left for college and still hang them on my tree every year.

    pecan snowball cookies

    But the pecan snowball cookies were what I always looked forward to each year. The little pecan puffs are covered in fluffy powdered sugar, reminiscent of a snowball, which is where they get their name. Inevitably, the powdered sugar always gets everywhere when you eat them, no matter how hard you try not to, but that’s part of the fun!

    pecan snowball cookies

    Honestly, I don’t know why they only appear around Christmas. They are so easy to make and have very few ingredients. And it's not like they contain peppermint or pumpkin or some other flavor reserved only for a certain holiday. But for some reason it feels wrong to make them any other time of year. And it makes it that much more special when Christmas rolls around and we do make them.  Maybe it's because for our family, they were always Aunt Debby's Christmas Cookies and I think we like to keep the tradition.

    pecan snowball cookies

    I hope you love these as much as I do, and hopefully they will become a part of your own holiday tradition!

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    Pecan Snowball Cookies

    Christmas Pecan Snowball Cookies are as easy to make as they are delicious! Bring these Christmas cookies to your holiday parties or set them out for Santa for a very merry Christmas! #desserts #holidaytreats #cookies

    Christmas Pecan Snowball Cookies are as easy to make as they are delicious! Bring these Christmas cookies to your holiday parties or set them out for Santa for a very merry Christmas!

    • Author: Kaleigh
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 30 minutes
    • Total Time: 40 minutes
    • Yield: about 2 dozen 1x
    • Category: dessert
    • Method: blended and baked
    • Cuisine: American

    Ingredients

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    • ½ cup (1 stick) butter
    • 2 tbsp sugar
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 1 cup pecans
    • 1 cup minus 3 tbsp white whole wheat flour (or all-purpose)*
    • ½ cup powdered sugar

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 300° F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment or a silicone baking mat.
    2. In a food processor, grind pecans. Remove pecans and set aside.
    3. Use same food processor to combine butter and sugar. Blend until creamy. Add vanilla and blend until smooth.
    4. Add in pecans and flour and pulse until combined. Roll dough into balls (about 1 tbsp each) and place onto prepared cookie sheet.
    5. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove and roll each cookie in powdered sugar while they are hot.

    Notes

    *If you are using all-purpose flour, use 1 cup minus 2 tbsp.

    Keywords: pecan snowball cookies, snowball cookies, pecan powdered sugar cookies

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    1. Elizabeth says

      September 21, 2016 at 4:26 pm

      So much love for these !!

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      • Kaleigh says

        September 21, 2016 at 7:19 pm

        Me too! 🙂

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