Instructions for Snowballs:

• In a bowl, using a mixer, combine butter, sugar and vanilla.
  ¾ cup powder sugar, 1 ½ cup butter, 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• Mix in flour and salt.
  3 2/3 cups flour, ½ teaspoon salt
• Mix in chopped nuts, place in fridge for at least 1 hour to chill.
  1 1/3 cup pecans
• Pre-heat oven to 400 F. standard or 375 F. convection oven.
• Using a small scoop, or spoon, scoop up dough into your hands and form round walnut size balls. Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. These are not going to spread like standard cookies, so 1 inch is okay.  Bake for 10-12 minutes until firm to the touch. Like shortbreads, you do not want to brown these cookies.  Remove pan of cookies from oven, and allow to rest for about 3 minutes.
• You will be “double” rolling these in the powder sugar. The first time when they are still warm, but not too hot. Once you do this, sit them on a rack to cool a bit. The powder sugar actually will feel almost like it is melting into the cookie. The first roll will not get that “snowy” look.
  1 cup powder sugar
• Once you have completed rolling all the cookies one time, repeat process. Allow cookies to completely cool, and store in an airtight container, with a little extra powder sugar to keep them snowy!