Italian Bride’s Pecan Cookies (Pastelitos De Boda)
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
24 cookies
ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted, plus additional for dusting the cookies
- 1 cup pecans, ground fine in batches in a spice grinder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F In a bowl sift together the flour, 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar, the pecans and a pinch of salt, stir in the vanilla, and blend in the butter until the mixture is combined well.
- Scoop out rounded tablespoons of the mixture, form them into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are golden around the edges.
- Transfer the cookies to racks, let them cool slightly, and sift the additional confectioners’ sugar over them.
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