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Pecan Sandies (Mexican Wedding Cookies/Cake)
These delicious pecan cookies go by many names - Pecan Sandies or Mexican Wedding Cookies/Cake, but they are all the same buttery, melt in your mouth family favorite!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
refrigeration
1 hr
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 36
Calories: 122 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter
- 1/3 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons water
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 2 cup very finely minced pecans
- 1/2 cup powdered/confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- Using a hand mixer or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the water and vanilla.
- Stir in the flour and pecans until well blended.
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least four hours.
- Preheat the oven to 325 °F.
- Shape the dough into walnut sized balls or crescents. (Crescent shaped are more the traditional Mexican wedding form of these cookies.)
- Place the dough balls or crescents 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 18 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden.
- Cool on a baking rack, then roll in the confectioners sugar. I don't roll them when they are warm as they still will soak up the powdered sugar while cool and this way they don't get sticky.
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Notes
- Use almonds in this recipe and shape the cookies into crescents to make Mexican Wedding Cookies
Nutrition Information
Calories
122kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
9g
(3%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
9g
(14%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
13mg
(4%)
Sodium
45mg
(2%)
Potassium
31mg
(1%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
160IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
0.1mg
(0%)
Calcium
6mg
(1%)
Iron
0.5mg
(3%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 122
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 122kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 9g | 3% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 9g | 14% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 13mg | 4% |
| Sodium | 45mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 31mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 160IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 6mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.5mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.