Texas Pecan Sandies
A southern delight, these buttery cookies are studded with pecans, and coated with powdered sugar
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Ingredients
- 2 Cups Butter room temperature
- 1/2 Cup plus 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar plus more for coating
- 4 Cups flour
- 1 Tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 Cups chopped pecans
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 325°F
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper
- Cream together butter and powdered sugar; add in flour, vanilla, and pecans. Mix well
- Using your hands, roll the dough into small balls from 1/4" to 1/2" (they puff up while they cook)
- Bake about 18 minutes or until the bottoms of the cookies are a pale gold color
- While the cookies are still hot, toss them in powdered sugar to coat and place them on a wire cooling rack
- Here's what makes the cookies extra delicious. That powdered sugar you just coated them with... the heat makes it melt into the cookie - once the cookies are cooled, toss them in another coating of powdered sugar. YUM
Notes
Having everything ready makes these cookies a breeze. I have a large bowl filled with about 4 Cups of powdered sugar for the coating process. I keep paper towels or more parchment paper under my wire cooling rack to make clean up easier.