Pecan Dreams

Name: Pecan Dreams
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 3 Dozen
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter (or margarine); 6 tablespoons powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 2 cups flour; 1 cup pecans, chopped; 2 teaspoons water

Submitted by Douglas Poe

"These cookies are a Christmas favorite. My Mother was given this recipe from a neighbor, and has been a Christmas staple in our family ever since. Give this one a try you won't regret it."

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 6
Yields:: 3 Dozen

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup butter (or margarine)
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups flour
1 cup pecans, chopped
2 teaspoons water

directions

Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
Combine butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, flour, pecans and water. You might have to add a little extra water if mixture is too dry.
After all ingredients are mixed, roll into small balls.
Place balls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake for 30 to 45 minutes.
After cookies come out of oven, cover with powdered sugar; set aside.
Cool completely.
When cooled dust them with more powdered sugar.

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Reviews

My mom got this recipe ages ago. Unfortunately I’m the last baker in our family. But these are the best!!! I make them every single year! If I don’t I get yelled at by my siblings.

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