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Candy Cane Snowballs

Name: Candy Cane Snowballs
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: about 5 dozen.
Ingredients: 2 cups butter, softened; 1 cup confectioners' sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup chopped pecans; 8 ounces white candy coating, melted; 1/3 to 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies

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Total Time

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min. + cooling

Makes

about 5 dozen

I bake dozens of kinds of Christmas cookies to give to family and friends. I came up with this recipe when I had leftover candy canes. We dip the snowballs into a white candy coating, then into crushed peppermint candy. —Debby Anderson, Stockbridge, Georgia

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Ingredients

2 cups butter, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
8 ounces white candy coating, melted
1/3 to 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies

Directions

Cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in pecans. Refrigerate, covered, until firm enough to shape, 3-4 hours.
Preheat oven to 350°. Shape dough into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely.
Dip tops of cookies into candy coating, allowing excess to drip off; dip into crushed candies. Let stand until set.

Nutrition Facts

1 cookie: 123 calories, 9g fat (5g saturated fat), 16mg cholesterol, 49mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

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