I...made cookies. About 50 of them. Snowballs.
I haven't cooked, let alone baked, in a... very long time. Gosh, I've not made cookies since at least three Christmases ago. Maybe four. I think they turned out pretty darned good, considering!

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Snowballs

INGREDIENTS:

 • 1 cup butter
 • 1/2 cup white sugar
 • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
 • 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
 • 3/4 teaspoon salt
 • 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
 • 3/4 cup sifted confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS:

 1. Preheat oven to 325° F (165° C). Lightly butter 2 baking
     sheets, or line with parchment paper.

 2. Cream the butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
     Sift together the flour and salt; mix into the butter mixture.
     Stir in the pecans. Dust your hands with a little of the
     confectioners' sugar and roll the dough into 1 inch balls.

 3. Place 2 inches apart on the baking sheets and bake for 25
     minutes or just until brown. Put on racks to cool for 15
     minutes, then roll in the confectioners sugar.

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Yeah, yeah. I know it's easy, but it's a huge undertaking for somebody like me! The only problem I had was with a giant mosquito that flew into the dough, but it flew away and wouldn't let me kill it. I'm sure any germs it left behind were cooked out...