Yesterday I finally got out of the house to the grocery store to pick up ingredients for the first few things on my list of treats to cook over christmas break. The main thing I was interested in baking was snowball cookies. My dad had expressed interest in them so I figured I'd give them a shot! There was one ingredient that got me a little worried though- pecans. I don't have much experience incorporating anything other than chocolate chips into my recipes, so I was a little nervous seeing how they'd work into the cookies. I got home and first things first I got all my ingredients out- I was shocked at how little granulated sugar the recipe called for (only 1/4 c.)- but I chopped up the pecans by putting them in a plastic baggy and hammering them. They didn't come out quite as fine as I'd hoped but they seemed to do the trick. I like that these cookies have a longer baking time, so I was able to work on more than one recipe at once. After the cookies finished baking for around 25 minutes I took them out and thoroughly doused them in powdered sugar, then covered them in sugar again after they'd completely cooled. They were a little bit delicate when I picked them up to cover them in powdered sugar the first time because they hadn't cooled yet so I had to be extra gentle when handling them. These cookies have the perfect amount of sweetness- just make sure you have a glass of milk handy when you're eating them!
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