Snowy white on the outside and chocolaty on the inside - these Chocolate Pecan Sandies are a yummy twist on the original. The cookie is crunchy with the classic texture of a Sandies cookie. The cookies themselves are not overly sweet and so rolling them in powdered sugar adds just the right amount of sweetness to this delightful cookie.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword chocolate, Christmas, cookies
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 36cookies
Calories 114kcal
Author Trish - Mom On Timeout
Ingredients
1cupbuttersoftened
1/3cupwhite sugar
2tspvanilla extract
1 3/4cupall-purpose flour
1 1/2cupfinely chopped pecans
1/4cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1/2cupconfectioners sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cream the butter and sugar together in mixer until light and fluffy.
Add the vanilla and beat until combined.
Sift the flour and cocoa powder together and add gradually to the creamed mixture.
Mix in the pecans. Note: I use my food processor to chop the pecans. Be careful not to over process or you will make pecan butter :)
Form cookie dough into 1-inch balls and place on parchment paper. Bake for 20 minutes and let cool before rolling in confectioners sugar.