Only A Few Simple Ingredients To Make These Sweet Little Treats

I was right in that they are like Mexican Wedding Cakes. They’re sweet, dense little pecan-speckled balls that are genius in their simplicity and utility. They are made of only five ingredients (six if you count the powdered sugar for dusting) and I doubt that there is an easier cookie out there to make.

The recipe card looks to me like something someone quickly jotted down to hand to a friend, forgetting the title and not even taking time to flush out the instructions. My guess is said friend took a bite of these and requested the recipe and the recipe was so simple that the woman scribbled it down from memory. She says to use “any amount of chopped pecans,” which made me smile. I found 1 cup to be the perfect amount.