Snowball Surprise Cookies

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, divided
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup each finely chopped pecans, walnuts and almonds, toasted
• 39 pink or blue candy coating disks

1. In a large bowl, cream butter, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. In another bowl, whisk flour and salt; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
2. Preheat oven to 350u0b0. Shape dough into 1-in. balls; place 1 in. apart on ungreased
3. . Insert a candy disk into the center of each cookie, reshaping dough into a ball and covering disk completely.
4. Bake 12-15 minutes or until bottoms are light brown. Cool on pans 2 minutes. Place remaining confectioners' sugar in a shallow bowl. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. Cool on wire racks. Re-roll cookies if needed.

butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, salt, pecans, pink

Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/snowball-surprise-cookies/ (may not work)