Grandmas Pecan Puffs Recipes

PECAN PUFFS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
• In a medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the vanilla. Grind pecans in a food processor or blender; toss with cake flour. Stir the pecan mixture into the creamed mixture until well blended. Roll the dough into tablespoon balls, then place them 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 25 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Roll warm cookies in confectioners' sugar. When they are cooled, roll them again.

GRANDMA'S PECAN TASSIES

Steps:

• Combine 1 cup butter and cream cheese in a bowl using an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy. Add flour gradually, beating at low speed. Shape mixture into 48 balls and place on a baking sheet. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease the cups of a mini-muffin pan. Press 1 chilled dough ball into each cup and shape into a tart shell.
• Whisk brown sugar, eggs, 2 tablespoons butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl. Stir in 1 1/4 cups pecans. Spoon mixture into tart shells. Top with the remaining pecans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookie shell are delicately brown, 12 to 15 minutes.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Gently remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks, about 20 minutes.

PECAN PUFFS

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat egg whites and salt until soft peaks form. Gradually add brown sugar, beating until stiff peaks form, 5-8 minutes. Fold in vanilla and pecans. Drop by well-rounded teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 225° for 50-55 minutes or until firm to the touch. Store in airtight container.

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH PECAN PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Cream butter and sugar; add vanilla.
• Stir in flour and nuts.
• Roll into small (1 inch) balls.
• Bake for 27 minutes.
• Remove from oven, roll in powdered sugar while hot.
• Cool.

GRANDMA'S PECAN PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F. Line baking sheets with parchment.
• In a large bowl with a hand mixer (or stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment) cream the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• On low speed add the flour, salt and pecans; mix until combined.
• Roll into 1-inch balls and place 1-inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes or until the bottoms are golden brown.
• Cool 5 minutes then roll in sugar. Cool completely and roll in confectioners sugar again.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 5-6 days.

PECAN PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°.
• Put on some Christmas music.
• Chop pecan in a food processor or by knife.
• Beat butter until soft with a mixer. Add sugar, vanilla, and pecans. Carefully add flour and blend well.
• Coat hands with flour. Use a teaspoon scoop or a teaspoon and shape into cherry-size and place on a parchment-lined or greased cookie sheet.
• Bake at 300° 15-20 minutes.
• (These should be light in color. Do not brown!) While cookies are still quite warm, roll them in confectioner's sugar. When cool, roll in confectioner's sugar again.

PECAN SANDIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar; stir in vanilla. Add flour; mix on low until well blended. Stir in pecans; mix well. Chill for 30 minutes. , Roll into 1-in. balls; place on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until bottom edges are golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

GRANDMA'S PECAN RUM BARS

Steps:

• Sprinkle 3 cups pecans over a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan., Preheat oven to 350°. Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Gradually add flour to creamed mixture, beating well., Spread batter into prepared pan. Combine candied fruit and remaining pecans. Spread fruit and pecans evenly over creamed mixture; press gently to help mixtures adhere. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Sprinkle rum over the top; cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Store in an airtight container.

SOUTHERN PECAN PUFFS

Steps:

• Thaw pastry sheet at room temperature 30 minute Preheat oven to 400º.
• Mix brown sugar, butter and pecans.
• Unfold pastry on lightly floured surface. Roll into 15"x12" rectangle. Cut into 20 squares (I actually only did 16).
• Press squares into bottoms of muffin tins. Place 1 heaping teaspoon pecan mixture in center of each.
• Bake 12 minutes or until golden.
• Remove from pans. Cool on wire rack.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

GRANDMA'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Beat egg whites until very fluffy.
• Add baking powder.
• Very slowly add sugar while mixer beats (will become thick and heavy).
• With rubber spatula, fold in cracker crumbs (you can roller crackers in a plastic bag to make fine crumbs).
• Fold in nuts and vanilla.
• Pour into greased 8" or 9" round pie pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Do not under-bake, will puff up and then settle and crack.
• Cool, then chill in refrigerator.
• Night before or early morning, seal to edge with whipped cream.
• Decorate with fine graham cracker crumbs. This is even better the longer it sits with the whipped cream on it to soften it all the way through.

GRANDMA'S PECAN BALLS (FROM AUNT KATIE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cream butter with sugar.
• Add flour and pecans, mix well.
• Roll into balls, about the size of a large gumball, and place on a cookie sheet (I prefer to line mine with parchment, but I'm sure cooking spray would do.).
• Bake at 350 for 20 minutes, or until very lightly browned.
• While still warm, roll in superfine sugar - this is important because the dough does not have much sugar.