Pecan Snowball Cookies

Ingredients

1 cup Irish butter softened

1 cup powder sugar

2 cups King Arthur all-purpose flour

1/4 t baking powder

2 cup chopped pecans

1 t vanilla

Extra powder sugar to roll cookies after baking

Powder sugar sifted in quart plastic bag

Directions

Oven 350º  Parchment paper covered cookie sheets.

Beat butter until fluffy. Add dry ingredients and pecans. Mix until incorporated. Roll* into  1 inch balls. Bake until light brown about 15 minutes. Cool then place a few at a time in bag with powder sugar. Gently toss until coated and place on wire rack.

*Note: Tried 1 inch cookie scoop but still ended up rolling the cookies into tighter balls.