Pecan Cocoons Recipes

COCOONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275.
• Cream the butter and sugar until smooth.
• Add vanilla, combine.
• Add the flour, combine.
• Mix in the pecans.
• Scoop out 1 tablespoon of dough, I use a cookie/ice cream scoop, shape into into a cocoon- about 2" by 1/2".
• Place the cookies on cookies sheet, you can put them fairly close together as they do not rise or spread very much.I always use parchment paper on my cookies sheets.
• Bake about 45 minutes, you don't really want them to be brown.
• While the cookies are baking, prepare the powdered sugar. Place some in a large bowl or container, then as you take the cookies out of the oven, layer them with powdered sugar in the bowl I just leave them in the powdered sugar until they cool.
• Dig them out and tap the sugar off- this is messy but fun- I like a thick layer of sugar on mine and sifting the sugar over the cookies doesn't get them like I want.
• The ones you don't eat right away keep well in an airtight container.

CAJUN PECAN COCOONS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325F.
• 2. Mix all ingredients in bowl and chill for two hours.
• 3. Shape into small balls, by rolling between palms and bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 20 minutes. They will not brown.
• 4. In another bowl add about a cup of confectioners sugar. When slightly cooled, roll each cookie in sugar until well coated.

SUGAR COATED PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Grease one baking sheet.
• In a mixing bowl, whip together the egg white and water until frothy. In a separate bowl, mix together sugar, salt, and cinnamon.
• Add pecans to egg whites, stir to coat the nuts evenly. Remove the nuts, and toss them in the sugar mixture until coated. Spread the nuts out on the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake at 250 degrees F (120 degrees C) for 1 hour. Stir every 15 minutes.

ADELAIDE'S COCOONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and 1/4 cup of confectioner's sugar.
• Add vanilla, almond extract, and water.
• Blend in flour.
• Add chopped pecans.
• Form into small finger rolls by rolling in flour.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. These will not brown like a typical cookie.
• While hot, roll in remaining confectioner's sugar.