Aunt Helens Pecan Balls Food

PECAN PIE BALLS

Steps:

• Combine chopped pecans, graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar, vanilla, and maple syrup. Stir to combine. Add melted butter only until the mixture comes together and can be easily shaped into balls. (Depending on how you chopped your ingredients, you may have some leftover butter.)
• Shape pecan mixture into 1-inch balls.
• Place balls on a parchment-lined baking sheet and place in the refrigerator or freezer for an hour.
• Melt almond bark according to package directions.
• Remove balls from refrigerator and dip into the chocolate almond bark.
• Place dipped balls on parchment or wax paper and let sit until set.

PECAN BALLS

Steps:

• Beat butter, sugar, vanilla together until light and fluffy.
• Add flour, mix to a stiff paste.
• Add processed pecans.
• Roll into 30 small balls.
• bake at 180 degrees C (350 F) for 10 minutes.
• Dust cooled balls with icing sugar.

GRANDMA'S PECAN BALLS (FROM AUNT KATIE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream butter with sugar.
• Add flour and pecans, mix well.
• Roll into balls, about the size of a large gumball, and place on a cookie sheet (I prefer to line mine with parchment, but I'm sure cooking spray would do.).
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, or until very lightly browned.
• While still warm, roll in superfine sugar - this is important because the dough does not have much sugar.

SUGAR'S BROWNED-BUTTER PECAN BALLS

Steps:

• In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add pecans; cook about 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until butter begins to turn brown. (Butter will get foamy as it cooks so gently stir to prevent nuts from burning.) Remove from heat; pour into bowl. Refrigerate 15 to 20 minutes or until mixture is cooled.
• Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, beat cooled butter-pecan mixture and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed. Add cinnamon and vanilla; beat well. Reduce speed to low; gradually beat in flour until dough forms.
• Roll dough into 1-inch size balls; place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake about 12 minutes or until cookies are light golden brown (do not overbake). Immediately remove cookies from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool 1 to 2 minutes.
• Place powdered sugar in medium bowl. Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar to coat; return to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes. Reroll cookies in powdered sugar.

PECAN BALLS (CHRISTMAS COOKIES)

Steps:

• Mix ingredients together until well blended.
• Hand form into small balls.
• Bake at 300° up to 15 minutes. (These will not brown).
• While balls are still warm, roll into powdered sugar.