When I was in Mexico City, Mexico doing Telenovelas, everyone called them Mexican Wedding Cookies. My Greek mother-in-law called them Kourabeithes. Us Southerners, well, we call ’em downright sweet and tasty! Oh… we also call them Pecan Sandies! Easy… Fun… and YUM!
Pecan Sandies
Recipe by: Bobbi Jo Lathan
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Southern
PREP TIME
5 mins
COOK TIME
10 mins
TOTAL TIME
15 mins
INGREDIENTS
Pecan Sandies
2 sticks Butter (softened)
6 tablespoons Sugar
2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1⁄2 cup Pecans (chopped)
1⁄2 box Powdered Sugar
INSTRUCTIONS
Mix butter and sugar and vanilla.
Add flour and chopped nuts all at once and mix into a doughy mixture.
Spoon out some of the dough and work into a button-like shape, or whatever size you like. I like mine about 2 inches wide.
Bake on a cookie sheet at 350° F for about 8 to 10 minutes ‘til just turning brown on bottom. You don’t want the whole cookie to be brown!
Take off the cookie sheet and place on some waxed paper or a sheet of foil.
When completely cooled, put the powdered sugar into a plastic bag and toss the cookies a few at a time in the powdered sugar ‘till completely coated. Everybody loves these cookies!
Speaking of Sandies… well, another kind…
