Best Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter , softened
• 0.5 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup very finely chopped pecans
• 0.25 teaspoons salt
• 0.33 cups powdered sugar , or more as needed

Instructions

1. 1

   Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   Beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth.

3. 3

   Gradually mix in flour, pecans, and salt until completely incorporated.

4. 4

   Roll dough into walnut-sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets.

5. 5

   Bake in the preheated oven until bottoms are light golden brown but tops are still pale, 12 to 15 minutes. (Try not to let cookies get too brown: it's better to undercook them than to overcook them.)

6. 6

   Remove cookies from the oven and let sit on the baking sheets briefly before removing to wire racks.

7. 7

   Place 1/3 cup powdered sugar in a shallow bowl; roll hot cookies in sugar to coat, then return to the wire racks to cool.

8. 8

   Once cooled, roll cookies in the powdered sugar once more.