Pecan Butter Balls Recipe

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Pecan Butter Balls
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Ingredients
6
Count
Nutrition
861
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. If you prefer, you can substitute the pecans with walnuts, almonds, or filberts. I prefer the pecans to give this cookie a bit of sweetness.
  2. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit; high elevation use convection if you can; or bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
  3. Sift flour (very important to do this for lighter cookies), sugar, and salt in medium to large bowl.
  4. Cut up butter into workable pieces, add to flour, and add vanilla.
  5. Mix as if you were making a pie crust; should look like beads or pea size. Use hand or sturdy spoon to mix well enough to form dough ball.
  6. Add and work in 2 cups of the nuts.
  7. Shape into 1-inch balls. You can refrigerate dough for about an hour if you think it will be easier to work with; I have not needed to.
  8. Roll balls in the remaining 1 cup nuts.
  9. Bake on ungreased cookie sheets for about 25 minutes; may take 5 extra minutes, depending on the elevation.
  10. You can remove them right away to a wire rack to cool.
  11. You can use this same recipe for Wedding Cookies, just omit the 1 cup nuts for rolling and roll in powdered sugar instead. Bake the same amount of time.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 860.61 Kcal (3603 kJ)
Calories from fat 797.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 88.64g 136%
Cholesterol 61.01mg 20%
Sodium 149.51mg 6%
Potassium 384.71mg 8%
Total Carbs 18.81g 6%
Sugars 9.94g 40%
Dietary Fiber 7.99g 32%
Protein 9.16g 18%
Vitamin C 0.9mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 2.7mg 15%
Calcium 71mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 689.73 Kcal (2888 kJ)
Calories from fat 639.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 71.04g 136%
Cholesterol 48.89mg 20%
Sodium 119.82mg 6%
Potassium 308.33mg 8%
Total Carbs 15.07g 6%
Sugars 7.96g 40%
Dietary Fiber 6.4g 32%
Protein 7.34g 18%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 9%
Iron 2.1mg 15%
Calcium 56.9mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 23.8
    Points
  • 25
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • high fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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