Recipe For Magnolia Bakery Sno-Balls

Magnolia Bakery Sno-Balls

Approximately 36 cookies

Ingredients:
1 cup pecans pieces
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 – ½ cups all purpose flour
1 cup un-salted butter, room temperature
¼ cup powdered sugar, sifted.
2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup sifted powdered sugar, additional

Technique:
1. Process pecans with ¼ cup flour and salt in a food processor until fine, then add 1-1/2 cups flour and set aside.
2. In a mixer beat 1 cup of butter until creamy and light in color.
3. Reduce the mixer speed to low and add 1/4 cup sifted powdered sugar and 2 tsp. vanilla. Mix on low, scrape down bowl.
4. Add flour/nut mixture in 3 parts just until combined. DO NOT OVERMIX. You may have to do this by hand. Dough should barely come together when you squeeze it.
5. Chill the dough for 30 minutes.
6. Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees
7. Roll into 1" balls and set 2" apart on an ungreased baking sheet.
8. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
9. Watch the cookies very closely. They should just ever so slightly brown on the bottom.
10. Remove them from the oven and let them cool on the pan for about a minute.
11. Gently and carefully roll them in sifted powdered sugar. Cool completely on a wire rack then roll them again in powdered sugar until completely coated.
12. Store in plastic container with paper between the layers.