Butterballs

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons sweet butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup shelled pecans, chopped moderately fine
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees. grease one or two cookie sheets.
• 2 cream butter. beat in honey; gradually mix in flour and salt, then vanilla. add pecans. wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
• 3 form balls by hand, the size of quarters. place 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
• 4 remove from oven; as soon as cool enough to touch, roll in confectioner's sugar. allow to cool and roll again in sugar.