Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tasty Tuesdays: Pecan Sandies


I mentioned a few posts back that we have been thinking about ideas for traditions that we could start with Jane.  Traditions have always been very important in my family, and Mark and I are so excited to create new ones.  Recently, I saw on a blog post an idea that I fell in love with.  The blogger and her family spend Christmas Eve baking cookies for Santa.  Every person got to pick their favorite cookie to make for ole Saint Nick.  I love the thought of a family filled kitchen!!    

Even though we still have a few weeks until Christmas Eve arrives, I have been scrouing the web for cookie recipes that sound perfect for the occasion.  After going through several "cookie of the day" options on Martha Stewart's website, I arrived at one for Pecan Sandies that sounded delicious and easy to prepare.  Even more perfect, I currently have all of these ingredients in my fridge and pantry - and you probably do too.  I love a recipe that is full of flavor but has basic, always-in-the-cupboard, ingredients.  I think this might be my cookie choice for 2011!!
Pecan Sandies 

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup packed light-brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
  • 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy; beat in vanilla and salt. With mixer on low, gradually add flour, beating just until combined. Fold in pecans.
  2. Roll dough into 1 1/2-inch balls, and place on two baking sheets, 2 inches apart. With the dampened bottom of a glass, lightly flatten each ball.
  3. Bake until cookies are golden brown, 15 to 17 minutes, rotating sheets halfway through. Transfer to wire racks, and let cool.
Do you have any Christmas traditions that you love?

3 comments:

  1. What a sweet tradition! My parents give us pjs every Christmas eve to wear that night, and we all read The Cajun Night Before Christmas together (and we're 13, 20, and 24)

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  2. baking cookies is always fun, a friend of mine & me get our grand daughters together every yr. & bake cookies all day, wrap really pretty & deliever to our church people,yea lots of cookies! lol, I decorate every room & call it my tour of lights party for friends & family every yr. & I get together with daughters & grand daughters every yr & have craft day, thought the sales girl was going to faint last yr when we told her we needed 15 yds of fabric for P.J.'s lol those are the 3 main ones I try to to maintain every yr.
    Helen

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  3. they look wonderful. www.myrecipes.com has a cookie countdown list too

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