Southern Pecan Butterballs

• Vegetarian

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 1 cup Butter flavored vegetable shortening
  • 1 cup Powdered sugar
  • 1/8 tsp Table salt
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Nuts & Seeds

  • 1 1/2 cups Pecan chips

Found on thecountrycook.net

Description

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, combine shortening, powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
• In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Give it all a stir with a large fork.
• Then gently begin adding the flour mixture to the shortening mixture. Add just a little at a time so the flour doesnt fly everywhere. Stir until combined.
• Stir pecan chips into batter.
• Roll dough into walnut-sized balls. Place them about 1 1/2 inches apart onto prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for about 15 minutes until the edges just begin to brown slightly. Bake only one cookie sheet at a time.
• While the cookies are baking, get a bowl of powdered sugar ready for dipping.
• Let cookies cool for just a couple of minutes. While still warm, roll the cookies in the powdered sugar. Place them on a platter (or just roll out a sheet of wax paper like I do) and let cookies finish cooling.
• Once they are cool, roll cookies a second time into the powdered sugar. The second dipping ensures even and smooth coating.

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