Pecan Sandies
Pecan sandies are a buttery and delicious cookie are made with simple ingredients.
Servings: 2 dozen
Calories: 133kcal
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup chopped pecans toasted (+1 Tablespoon of butter for toasting)
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Toast the pecans in a skillet with 1 Tablespoon of butter and set them aside.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Add the softened butter to a large bowl.
- Next, add the sugar and mix the two ingredients with an electric mixer.
- Add the flour and mix well. (The shortbread cookie dough will be very crumbly).
- Pour the vanilla extract into the dough and mix.
- Finally, add the chopped pecans and mix.
- Pour half of the crumbly cookie dough onto a large piece of parchment paper and roll dough into a log.
- Do it again with the other half of the cookie dough.
- Refrigerate for one hour.
- Remove the log from the refrigerator and slice each cookie about 1/2-inch thick and place on a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown around the edges.
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Notes
The cookies will be crumbly before you press the mixture into a log. It will have a sandy texture. But, after you refrigerate it the cookies will slice easily.
If you don't have parchment paper you can use plastic wrap instead.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 133kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 61mg | Sugar: 4g