Recipe#4327

Title: Butter Balls

Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 From: grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca (Gilles Detillieux) 
 Subject: Butterballs 
 Message-ID: <2ga7qb$291@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca> 
 Date: 3 Jan 1994 22:56:11 GMT 

1 cup butter 
 4 tbsp icing sugar
 1 tsp vanilla (mild Mexican vanilla is best)
 2 cups flour
 1 cup finely chopped nuts (pecans are undoubtedly best)
 If butter is hard, soften by warming in microwave for 4 minutes at
 10% power.  Cream butter, icing sugar and vanilla together.  Add
 in flour and mix well.  Add in nuts and continue mixing until a
 smooth dough forms.  Roll into 1-inch balls and place about 1-1/2
 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.  Bake at 350 deg. F for
 15-18 minutes.  Allow to cool on cookie sheet for about 2 minutes,
 then roll immediately and carefully in icing sugar.
 Makes about 30-36 butterballs.