Pecan Dreams

Perfect for hostess gifts or your office cookie exchange, these pecan dreams are easy to make and delicious to eat!

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For as long as I can remember, we’ve baked gazillions of cookies over the holidays.  I grew up just outside of Chicago and I can remember taking the train to my Great Aunt’s house in the city to make Norwegian cookies called ‘Sand Kakke”.  We’d also make toffee, shortbread and my favorite, Buckeyes – chocolate and peanut butter are the perfect pair.

Through the years I’ve continued baking for friends and family and have managed to focus my skills on baking custom decorated sugar cookies.  Instead of just baking them during the holidays though, I make them all year long.  So, occasionally it’s nice to pull out some of the recipes I grew up making and bake them with my family.

We call the cookies ‘Pecan Dreams‘, but, they’ve been called lots of different names – snowball cookies or divine clusters.  They are so simple and easy to make and it’s a fun way to get the kids involved.  My daughter loves to toss the cookies in the bag of powdered sugar.  You can package them in a plastic bag with a holiday ribbon and they make a great gift.

Pecan Dreams

Perfect for hostess gifts or your office cookie exchange, these pecan dreams are easy to make and delicious to eat!

10 minPrep Time

12 minCook Time

22 minTotal Time

Yields 1 dozen

Author:

Stacey Dixon

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Ingredients

• 1/2 pound of unsalted butter, room temperature
• 6 heaping tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons water
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375.
2. Mix first six ingredients (butter through pecans).
3. Roll into 1 inch balls; They don't have to be perfect, they'll be covered in powdered sugar
4. Bake 10-12 minutes
5. Put the powdered sugar in a gallon Ziplock bag
6. When the cookies are cool enough to handle, place them in the bag and shake until all the balls are covered

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Amount Per Serving
• Calories 4626
% Daily Value*


• Total Fat: 228 g 350.77%
• Saturated Fat: 118 g 590%
• Cholesterol: 487 mg 162.33%
• Sodium: 31 mg 1.29%
• Potassium: 564 mg 16.11%
• Total Carbohydrate: 633 g %
• Sugar: 395 g
• Protein: 40 g
• Vitamin A: 114.06%
• Calcium: 135 mg 13.5%
• Iron: 14 mg 77.78%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.




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