Craisin Pecan Sandies Recipes

PECAN SANDIES

Steps:

• Make Classic Shortbread dough, adding 3/4 cup ground pecans with the flour. Roll into two 1-inch-thick logs and chill 30 minutes. Slice into 1/2-inch-thick rounds and press a pecan into each. Brush the cookies with beaten egg and chill 30 minutes, then bake 12 to 15 minutes at 375 degrees.

CRANBERRY PECAN SANDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Combine bread mix, butter, egg and orange juice. Stir in chopped pecans.
• Roll into 1 inch balls.
• Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Flatten each cookie with the bottom of a glass, coated with nonstick cooking spray.
• Press a pecan half into each cookie.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool one minute, then remove to wire racks.
• Whisk glaze ingredients in a small bowl; drizzle over cookies.

SANDIES

Steps:

• Cream oleo and sugar together.
• Add vanilla and water.
• Add flour to mixture, a little at a time.
• Mix in pecans.
• Roll into small balls (coat hands with flour if necessary).
• Bake for approximately 20 minutes at 350°F, turning to brown other side after 10 minutes.
• Sift 1/2 box XXX sugar in bowl.
• Coat Sandies as soon as they are removed from the oven.
• Line can with wax paper and sprinkle with XXX sugar.
• Separate layers with wax paper.

CRAISIN PECAN SANDIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, pecan dust, and salt. Set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar together in large bowl of electric stand mixer (a hand mixer works as well) and beat until light in color.
• Add wet ingredients (egg, milk, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla) and beat to combine.
• Put mixer on low speed, gradually add flour, and beat until mixture pulls away from the side of the bowl.
• Stir by hand, the craisins and chopped pecans.
• Mold into cookie shape with hands, or use an ice cream scoop and a fork to push them down into a cookie shape. They do not spread much. Place about 1" to 1 ½ apart on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time.
• Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from oven and then move to complete cooling on wire rack.
• Depending on cookie size, it yields about 2 -3 dozen.