Cherry Snowballs
These are perfect for Christmas. Buttery dough is almost like shortbread, kind of melts in your mouth. Easy to make and SO addictive. HINT Double batter, use 1/2 red, 1/2 green cherries.
Blend cup soft butter, 1/2 cup conf/sugar, tea vanilla. Then add 2 1/4 cups flour, 1/4 tea salt, 3/4 cup chp pecans. Mix well to form dough; chill well.
Form 30 small balls around drained maraschino cherries. Bake 400 deg 10-15 min (do not brown).
Roll warm balls in 1/2 cup conf; roll again when cool.
It is making me fat. Well, maybe it is the last piece of pumpkin pie I’m eating out of the pie plate sitting in front of the computer at midnight! I justified it because I needed to take a pill and didn’t want to on an empty stomach. ha ha ha. I’m pretty sure, I make me fat.