Pecan Dreams

Submitted by Douglas Poe

"These cookies are a Christmas favorite. My Mother was given this recipe from a neighbor, and has been a Christmas staple in our family ever since. Give this one a try you won't regret it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 3 Dozen

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter (or margarine)
• 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 2 teaspoons water

directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Combine butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, flour, pecans and water. You might have to add a little extra water if mixture is too dry.
3. After all ingredients are mixed, roll into small balls.
4. Place balls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes.
6. After cookies come out of oven, cover with powdered sugar; set aside.
7. Cool completely.
8. When cooled dust them with more powdered sugar.

Reviews

[ljvv62]

My mom got this recipe ages ago. Unfortunately I’m the last baker in our family. But these are the best!!! I make them every single year! If I don’t I get yelled at by my siblings.