These are exquisite butter cookies with nuts and a chocolate filling in the middle. I adored the ones my aunt used to make.
| Servings: | 72 |
| Yield: | 5 to 6 dozen |
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup margarine
- ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons hot water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets.
- In a medium bowl, cream the butter, margarine and confectioners’ sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla. Add the flour and mix until just blended. Do not overmix.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls. Place cookies 2 inches apart into prepared cookie sheets. Make a slight indentation in the center. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Cookies should be lightly browned. Cool slightly and frost the center of each cookie.
- To make the icing, combine the confectioners’ sugar, cocoa and vanilla in a small bowl. Stir in the hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Drizzle the icing from the tip of a knife or spoon onto the center of each cookie. Allow the cookies time to set up before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 58 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Cholesterol | 3 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 50 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 4 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was a faceless recipe which I had never tried. After reading the reviews, I decided to add an egg and to finely chop the pecans in the food processor. The cookies have a nice nutty and buttery taste resembling a Pecan Sandie. I placed cookie dough in a cookie press and the dough worked fine. The instructions aren’t as precise as they need to be on this recipe. I only baked for 9 minutes. Everyone enjoyed!
These were good cookies, but needed to be pulled out of the oven sooner than the time stated in the recipe. Also, I am subtracting one star because the directions are insufficient and do not tell you when to add all the ingredients listed. I omitted the pecans, because my kids don’t like them in cookies, otherwise followed the recipe pretty closely.
These were ok, but pretty dry. Partly because I baked them too long. I suggest starting with 8 minutes, not 10. They taste pretty good though (I did use a different frosting because I ran out of powdered sugar, but I don’t think that altered the taste too much, it was a very similar frosting).
The recipe doesn’t say to add the nuts, salt, and baking powder in at any time so I added it when I added the flour. They ended up quite good and very addicting, as my mother found out!
The cookie is good , however the icing needs butter. It was very easy to make. The only thing a child shouldn’t do is chop the nuts.