Coconut Tea Balls
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Monday, November 30, 2009 - 3:10pm

Ingredients




1 cup butter
1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon water
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup finely-chopped pecans
1 1/2 cups coconut
Vanilla icing:
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon soft butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons milk

Preparation

1 Cream butter, sugar, water and vanilla until fluffy. Mix in flour and nuts. Shape in 1-inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Do not brown. Cool. 2 To make the vanilla icing, combine confectioner's sugar, butter, and vanilla. Add milk to make a thin icing.

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From the Occident/King Midas Collector's Bake Book