Pecan Meltaways; Buttery Nutty Cookies

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Pecan meltaways are buttery pecan cookies that are baked to perfection and then covered with a mountaintop of powdered sugar.

Holidays are generally when pecan meltaways are popular. They can usually be found in holiday tin cans and if you’re lucky you may get them as a gift. No worries thought, now you can make homemade pecan meltaways any time of the year with this easy recipe.

Now, if you’re not going to be able to make these scrumptious cookies maybe you’d prefer to buy them on line here.

Pecan Meltaways Cookies Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 sticks of unsalted butter or 1 cup butter at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cup confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup pecans chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheight.

Make dough

Cream butter and 1 cup of the confectioners sugar until creamy and fluffy. Beat in pure vanilla extract.

Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Slowly add flour mixture to creamed butter and blend until smooth. Stir in pecans thoroughly.

Use a cookie scoop to scoop out dough and place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper (for easy cleanup). After all dough has been scooped out hand roll until uniform in shape and smooth. Place rolled balls evenly on cookie sheet and refrigerate for about 15 minutes.

Bake

After dough has chilled remove from refrigerator and bake in preheated oven for about 10-12 minutes.

Place the other 1/2 cup of confectioners sugar in a bowl. Remove cookies from oven and roll warm cookies in confectioners sugar and place on a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.

For the final touches after the cookies have cooled I like to use a small fine mesh strainer filled with confectioners sugar from the bowl. Just put the cookies back into the bowl and sprinkle a fine dusting of sugar on top of all the cookies. This process coats the cookies evenly making them picture perfect. Oh, by the way, they’re not only picture perfect but they are delicious as well! Enjoy!

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