Pecan Balls

(from Hearts and Hands’s recipe box)

Source: marymae.tripod.com

Cook time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 C. cookie mix
  • 1 (3oz) pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 1/2 C. finely chopped pecans
  • powdered sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 deg. Grease cookie sheets.

  2. In large bowl, mix together cookie mix, cream cheese, egg and vanilla. Stir in pecans. Shape into 1" balls. Place on prepared cookie sheet 1" apart.

  3. Bake about 15 minutes. Remove from oven and while still warm, roll in powdered sugar to coat lightly.

  4. Cool on wire rack. Makes about 36 balls.

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