Grandma Minecci's Snowball Cookies

Name: Grandma Minecci's Snowball Cookies
Total time: 70
Yield: 24
Ingredients: ¾ cup shortening; ¾ cup butter, softened; ¾ cup white sugar, or to taste; 2 eggs; 4 teaspoons vanilla extract; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ cup chopped pecans (Optional); 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Recipe by jimbeau from allrecipes.com

Dessert 1 Hr. 10 Mins.

Ingredients

24 servings

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¾ cup shortening
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¾ cup butter, softened
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¾ cup white sugar, or to taste
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2 eggs
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4 teaspoons vanilla extract

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4 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon salt
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½ cup chopped pecans (Optional)
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2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar, or as needed

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Beat shortening, butter, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; add eggs and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Sift flour and salt into creamed butter mixture and stir just until dough is combined; fold in pecans. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and arrange on a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Cool cookies slightly and roll in confectioners' sugar. Cool cookies completely and roll again in confectioners' sugar.