Here is the recipe for Moms Pecan Puffs - Its an old recipe, my grandmother made these, too. I always double this recipe. 1/2 cup softened butter 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup sifted flour 1 cup of pecans (I chop them up in my blender - it is a lot faster than getting out the food processor- chop them very fine - stop before it starts to become pecan butter!) Confectioners Sugar. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F Lightly grease cookie sheets. Cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Add the vanilla. Mix the ground pecans with the flour and mix it into the creamed mixture until well blended. Roll the dough into balls - mine are about an inch round - your mileage may vary. put them on the cookie sheet about an inch apart. Bake until they just start to barely brown at all whatsoever - I start checking at 20 minutes, sometimes they can take 30 minutes - just depends, I guess. As soon as you take them out of the oven, start rolling them in confectioners sugar and then to cool. When they are cool, roll them in the confectioners sugar again. I store them in a cookie tin - they will last several weeks if you can keep everyone from eating them all. :)
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:35:43 +0000