Description
Delicious cookies made with butter, vanilla, and pecans coated in powdered sugar.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar (sifted if clumped together)
- 1 cup chopped pecans (OR mini chocolate chips OR leave out)
- 1 cup powdered sugar (sifted if clumped together)
Instructions
- Prep: The shaped cookies go in the freezer, so you will preheat the oven a little later in the recipe (baking temp 350°F.) Get your ingredients ready.
- Cream butter: Place butter, vanilla and salt in a large mixing bowl. Beat well with an electric mixer.
- Add flour and sugar: Add flour and powdered sugar and mix until fully combined.
- Add pecans: Add the pecans (or mini chocolate chips) and mix on low until incorporated.
- Shape cookies and chill: Roll dough into 1 tablespoon sized balls and place on lined baking sheets. Freeze for 10 minutes.
- Bake: In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350°F. Bake the cookies in batches (only one baking sheet in the oven – or the cookies on the bottom could melt away!) for 10-15 minutes or until JUST lightly golden brown in color.
- Roll in powdered sugar: Cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet. Place powdered sugar in a medium bowl. Roll the cookies in the sugar and set on a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Re-roll and serve: Roll in the powdered sugar again. Serve, or store in cookie tins for 5-7 days.
Notes
- These cookies can be made with mini chocolate chips instead of pecans if desired.
- Store cookies in an airtight container for freshness.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg