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Receta My Favorite Christmas Cookies Include Pecan Butter Balls + More!
Ingredientes
- 1 C butter
- 4 Tbsp. sugar
- 1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 C flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 2 cups pecans, toasted for 5-7 minutes in 350 degree oven (just until you can start to smell the nuts from the heat), cool
- Confectioner's sugar
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