Pecan Sandies
A simple recipe for crisp, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth Pecan Sandies! This recipe can be doubled.Be sure to check out the how-to VIDEO just below the recipe!
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cups unsalted butter (softened¹ )
- ⅓ cup powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons light brown sugar (firmly packed)
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all-purpose (plain) (flour)
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans or pecan chips
- Additional powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 375F (190C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- 2
Place butter in a large bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until creamy.
- 3
Add powdered sugar, brown sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, and salt and beat until creamy and well-combined.
- 4
Gradually add flour and stir until combined.
- 5
Stir in pecan pieces.
- 6
Scoop dough by about 1 ½ Tablespoon portions and roll into a ball. Gently flatten and place on prepared baking sheet, spacing cookies about 1” apart.
- 7
Transfer to 375F (190C) oven and bake for 12 minutes or until edges are just beginning to turn light golden brown.
- 8
Allow to cool completely on baking sheet. If desired, toss in additional powdered sugar until cookies are completely coated with sugar (alternatively you can sift sugar over cookies).