Christmas Cookie | Pecan Puffs Recipe

Summary:                                                                                                                                                                                   This is a great cookie to make for the holidays. Quick, simple, and delightful! Goes great with coffee or hot cocoa. You can freeze cookies after they have been cooked and rolled with powdered sugar. Take out several hours  before guests arrive. Yields 40

*****************************************************************************

 Ingredients

1. 2 cups butter
2. 4 cups all-purpose unbleached white flour
3. 4 tsp. pure vanilla
4. 8 tbsp. powdered sugar
5. 3 1/2 cups ground pecans or walnuts
6. powdered sugar for rolling cookies in

Instructions

1. Cream butter and other ingredients together. Roll the dough into small balls. Place on an ungreased cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake approximately 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove the cookies from the oven and roll them in powdered sugar. Let cool. Roll a second time. Excellent Christmas cookie.

Notes

1. These cookies puff up when baking, so allow a little extra space between cookies on the baking sheet.

Recipe Contributor:  Virginia Wright
Originally Posted on December 16, 2013 
Copyright 2013-2025 Virginia Wright. All Rights Reserved.