Pecan Sandies - Melt in Your Mouth
These are light sandies, they almost melt in your mouth. This recipe makes a bunch, perfect for pot luck or Christmas cookie platters. You can add semi or white chocolate chips to mix it up.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1
- 1cup vegetable oil
- 1cup granulated sugar
- 1
- 2
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4cups all-purpose flour
- 1teaspoon baking soda
- 1teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1teaspoon salt
- 2
- 1⁄2
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, vegetable oil, 1 cup of white/granulated sugar and confectioners sugar until smooth.
- Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Add vanilla. Stir until blended.
- Combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and salt.
- Stir into the creamed mixture. Mix until completely blended.
- Mix in the pecans.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls and roll each ball in remaining white sugar.
- Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. (you may top each cookie with a pecan half if you like).
- Bake for 11 to 13 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are golden.
- Remove from cookies sheet to cool on wire racks.