Date-Pecan Balls
Created by ellie on November 4, 2023
- Servings: 50
- Prep Time: 25m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Recipe #41828
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups pecans, chopped
- 1 cup dates, pitted and chopped
- Powdered sugar
How to Make
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Step 1: In a bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter with the sugar.
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Step 2: Stir in vanilla.
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Step 3: Stir in flour and then add the pecans and dates and stir thoroughly.
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Step 4: Shape dough into walnut size balls and place on a cookie sheet.
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Step 5: Freeze for 15 minutes or refrigerate overnight.
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Step 6: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 7: Grease baking sheets and arrange cookies on the prepared sheet, spacing 1 inch apart.
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Step 8: Bake for 15 -20 minutes.
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Step 9: Roll in powdered sugar and then let cool for a few minutes.
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Step 10: Roll in powdered sugar again.
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Step 11: Store in airtight container.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (18.8 g)
- Calories 95.5
- Total Fat - 7 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.6 g
- Cholesterol - 9.8 mg
- Sodium - 32.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 8.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.2 g
- Sugars - 4.1 g
- Protein - 1.1 g
- Calcium - 7 mg
- Iron - 0.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.1 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg