Pecan Puffs, aka Canon Balls

These cookies, which I associate with Christmas, also go by the name "Canon Balls". You can thank my 3 year old self for that. I misheard the word "pecan", and since they are ball-shaped... well, you can kind of see the logic. Kids know way more about pirate weaponry than about nut varieties.

Pecan Puffs

1 cup butter, softened

4 TB sugar

2 tsp vanilla

2 cups pecans, chopped

2 cups flour

-Cream the butter and sugar.

-Add the vanilla, pecans and flour. Mix.

-Roll the dough into small balls (the circumference of a quarter)

-Bake on a greased cookie sheet at 300 for 45 minutes.

-Roll balls in powdered sugar.