These are perfect as gifts too. I was invited to this party by a friend where some of my other friends would attend. I didn’t have anything on hand and just decided to bake these cookies for them.
I put them in little boxes and tied pretty ribbons on them. Perfect! The cookies didn’t last long. Even before the party ended, they were gone. Probably went inside my friends’ stomachs!
Our friend over at Bake At 350 has this to say about the recipe:
“Maybe it leaves a tell-tale sign on your favorite black pants, or leaves your fingers sticky and in need of licking, or falls all over your freshly-mopped floor, but there IS something magical about a dusting of powdered sugar.”
It’s really a bit messy to eat. Whenever my boys eat these cookies, I am always sure that their clothes and their faces will be full of powdered sugar.
But like I said, it doesn’t matter. I am just glad that my sons love them.
Ingredients
for the cookies:
1 cup chopped Fisher pecans
2 & 1/2 cups unbleached, Gold Medal all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon McCormick cardamom
1/2 teaspoon McCormick cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup Domino powdered sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) Land O Lakes unsalted butter, softened
1 TBSP McCormick vanilla
for the coating:
1 cup Domino powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon McCormick cardamom
1/4 teaspoon McCormick cinnamon
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Pour the pecans onto one cookie sheet and bake for about 4-5 minutes until fragrant. Remove from the sheet and let cool slightly.
Whisk the flour, spices, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
Combine 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the toasted pecans in a food processor until a coarse meal forms.
Beat the butter and vanilla until creamy. Beat in the pecan mixture. Add the flour mixture in 3 additions, scraping the sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
Dump the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times until it becomes cohesive.
Measure a heaping tablespoon of dough, roll into a ball with your hands, then roll into a log shape, about 2 inches long. Bend in the ends, pinching gently. Place on the prepared sheets.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the bottoms turn golden.
Meanwhile, sift together the coating ingredients into a pie plate or shallow bowl.
Immediately after the cookies come out of the oven, roll in the sifted coating.
Place on a wire rack to cool completely.
Once the cookies are completely cooled, re-roll in the coating sugar.
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Quick Tip: Best served with a cup of coffee.
Thanks again to Bake At 350 for this amazing recipe.
