Mexican Wedding Cookies

I made this for a dinner party once, and then they would get specially requested so I kept making them!  Easy enough for me - these cookies are SO easy!  I also love to make them at Christmas time because they look like snowballs!

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour

1 tsp vanilla extract

½ cup powdered sugar, plus more for coating baked cookies

1 cup butter, softened

1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat the oven to 275 °F.

 Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Using an electric mixer at low speed, cream the butter and powdered sugar at low speed until smooth. Beat in the vanilla. At low speed, gradually add the flour. Mix in the pecans with a spatula. With floured hands, take out about 1 tablespoon of dough and shape into a ball. Continue to dust hands with flour as you make more cookies.

 Place onto prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 40 minutes. Roll in additional confectioner’s sugar while still warm.