Christmas balls are here...



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Red and Green Christmas Balls
makes 2 dozen cookies

1 cup butter, room temperature
1/4 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 Tbs water
2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
red and green colored sugar


Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a mixing bowl (preferably yellow pyrex but any medium-sized bowl will do) cream the butter with the powdered sugar until fluffy. Add the vanilla and water and beat until incorporated. It helps to use an electric mixer as the water will resist the oiliness of the butter and refuse to mix in at first. Add the flour and pecans and mix until just incorporated.

Roll into marble-sized balls, then roll the balls in the sugar and place on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until the cookies are set and the bottoms have browned slightly. Cool on racks. Serve with hot chocolate on Christmas Eve, being careful to save enough to leave out for you-know-who.