Grandma Paul’s Sand Tarts

Based on 10 reviews

Ingredients:

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus more for coating cookies
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting hands
1 cup chopped pecans, (very small pieces)

Directions

Preheat oven to 270 degrees F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Using an electric mixer at low speed, cream the butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in the vanilla. At low speed gradually add the flour. Mix in the pecans with a spatula.

With floured hands, take out about 1-tablespoon of dough and shape it into crescent. Place the cookies 1-inch apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Cook’s Note: Continue to dust your hands with flour as you make more cookies.

Bake for 40 minutes. Dust with additional confectioners’ sugar while still warm. Cool completely on wire racks and store in airtight containers.

Servings: 2 1/2 dozen
Prep Time:
Cook Time: 1 hour 40 min
Difficulty: Easy

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Ratings for this Entry:

Submitted on January 1, 2010

Fabulous. Best I ever tasted. 5 Adelle Shemwell Bryant, AR

Submitted on January 1, 2010

These cookies are insane good! Very buttery and delicate. We used pecan chips. I think the uniformity of the pieces was important. We also dusted them in powdered sugar twice. We tried to give them away for Christmas. Most of them never made it out the door!

Submitted on January 1, 2010

Absolutely one of the best cookies! My family and friends love these in the gift bags for Christmas gifts. So good!!! Now I have to make them all year round for my kids!