Pecan Puffs
From Good4U 12 years agoIngredients
- Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies shopping list
- 1/2 cup butter room temp or warmer (butter only these are after all a shortbread cookie) shopping list
- 2 tbsp. sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 cup pecan halves or pecan pieces shopping list
- 1 cup plus 2 tbsp. All purpose flour sifted. shopping list
- 1/2 to 1 cup icing sugar or Confectioners sugar for rolling shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 300F
- Cream first three ingredients together. Grind pecans, I use a hand grinder. If you don't have one use a rolling pin and heavy plastic wrap placed on a solid surface place pecans on plastic and cover with another layer of wrap and pound until they are about the size of couscous or pearl barley . Add the pecans with 1 cup plus 2 tbsp. sifted flour. *Note the dough will be stiff. Roll in small balls with your hands. This takes a bit of work but well worth it. Practice makes perfect.:-)
- Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 45 minutes
- * Do Not let them brown just a pale yellow shade with a tad of brownness on the bottom.
- Remove from oven. Take care when removing them off the cookie sheet. I use a small spatula or thin spoon. I find the easiest method for this is to use a clean brown paper bag cut out as paper on the counter or parchment paper to place them on. Then clean up is a breeze. Roll in icing sugar once while hot and again while cool. These make wonderful gifts if placed in a tin and layered with waxed paper. These are shortbread's and will get better with age and can be kept for months if stored in a sealed container. You will always get the tin back for more.:-)
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Reviewed by 6 people-
They are beautiful Joce! They look like little miniature Canadian snowballs eh! :) Get better soon! Hugs!
chuckieb in Ottawa loved it -
These remind me of my mom's favorite cookie and yes, they do just melt in your mouth!! Love this post.
notyourmomma in South St. Petersburg loved it -
Nice cookie? I'll make some of these for Christmas dinner.
See Pecan Puffs for more sweet whispers.pointsevenout in Athens loved it
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