Community Pick
Pecan Puffs
"A little puff of pecan-y goodness. Melts in your mouth. Perfect for the holidays. I have had this in my Christmas Cookie repertoire for many years."
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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36 cookies
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup salted butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3⁄4 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 cup cake flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt (or less)
- powdered sugar, reserved
directions
- 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.
Questions & Replies
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Would it be okay to use regular all purpose flour instead of the cake flour called for? Thanks! -
Where do I find cake flour?
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Where can one get cake flour?
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Help? Is there a way to make sure they are done b/c some times don't trust my oven. They sound so good. Thanks
Reviews
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These cookies are great!! I added a little food coloring to the mixture, and rolled them in granulated sugar, so that they "glittered"!! thanks .. -
These are excellent and EASY! I took them to work on Christmas and the first comment I got was "perfect". Thanks for posting! -
EASY and DELISH! I shared these with my coworkers. They thought that these were Mexican Wedding Cookies! One of my coworkers asked me to make a batch for her cousin's wedding!! haha...I did exactly what the recipe stated. Very satisfied with the results. Highly recommended! Thanks for the amazing recipe! -
I made these for the Christmas cookie trays. Everyone loved them! Butter, sugar and nuts - what's not to love? I was asked for the recipe more than once. Thank you for posting this recipe! Happy New Year! -
These cookies are YUMMY!! The only thing I did different was add another half a stick of butter to make it less crumbly, the were much easier to form into a ball to bake! Delicious thank you!
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Tweaks
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These were great and very easy to make. I think next time maybe I'll try almond extract instead of the vanilla and see how it turns out. Thanks!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
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United States
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