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Sugar’s Browned-Butter Pecan Balls

Blogger Arlene Cummings of Cooking With Sugar shares a recipe for pecan balls. My Browned-Butter Pecan Balls are perfect for the holidays. The browned butter and pecans in this recipe give them an irresistible flavor.

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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 1 hr 45 min
Servings 48

Ingredients

1: cup butter

1/2: cup finely chopped pecans

3/4: cup granulated sugar

1: teaspoon ground cinnamon

1: tablespoon vanilla

1 1/2: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1: cup powdered sugar

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Directions

1 In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add pecans; cook about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until butter begins to turn brown. (Butter will get foamy as it cooks so gently stir to prevent nuts from burning.) Remove from heat; pour into bowl. Refrigerate 15 to 20 minutes or until mixture is cooled.
2 Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat cooled butter-pecan mixture and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Add cinnamon and vanilla; beat well. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour until dough forms.
3 Roll dough into 1-inch size balls; place on ungreased cookie sheets.
4 Bake about 12 minutes or until cookies are light golden brown (do not overbake). Immediately remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 1 to 2 minutes.
5 Place powdered sugar in medium bowl. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar to coat; return to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Reroll cookies in powdered sugar.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

If dough seems too dry, you can add a tablespoon or two of milk or cream to wet the dough slightly.

Store cooled cookies at room temperature in a covered container separated by parchment paper.

These cookies are perfect for gift giving because they can be made a few days in advance.

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Posted 11/19/2012 4:39:46 PM REPORT ABUSE Carolyn7777 said:

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I made these last year for Christmas. Everyone LOVED them! The browned butter adds a richer, more velvety, butterier (is that a word?), more caramelized type flavor. OH! So good! Melt in your mouth deliciousness. I'm definitely making these again this year. Easy, too! Eat 'em right out of the oven, dipped right away in the powdered sugar - divine!

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Posted 11/7/2012 10:20:33 AM REPORT ABUSE auntglo2 said:

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I love these cookies they are the best!!!

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Posted 12/8/2011 9:59:46 AM REPORT ABUSE kasmith63 said:

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The flavor of these cookies is wonderful! The only problem I had was that they would not stay round...they spread out on the pan. I ended up just dusting them with powdered sugar instead of rolling them. Double checked my recipe to see if I'd done anything wrong...nope. Hmmmmmmm.......

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