Andreas Pecan Cookies Recipes

CLOUDT'S PECAN TREATS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375° F/190° C.

PECAN SANDIES COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add water and vanilla; mix well. Gradually add flour; fold in pecans. , Roll dough into 1-in. balls. Place on ungreased baking sheets and flatten with fingers. , Bake 20-25 minutes or until bottom edges are golden brown. Cool on a wire rack. When cool, dust with confectioners' sugar.

ANDREA'S PECAN DIVINES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F., rack in the middle position.
• Melt the butter. (Nuke it for 3 minutes on high in a microwave-safe container, or melt it in a pan on the stove.) Mix in the white sugar and the brown sugar. Add the vanilla, the baking soda, salt and mix. Add the eggs abd stir it all up. Add half the flour, the chocolate chips, and the chopped pecans. Stir well to incorporate, Add the rest of the flour and mix throughly.
• Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheets, 12 cookies to a standard-size sheet. If the dough is too sticky to handle, chill it slightly and try again. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 10-12 minutes or until nicely browned.
• Let cool two minutes, then remove cookies from the baking sheet and transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

ANDREA'S PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Separate egg whites and let them come to room temperature. 2. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or brown parcel wrapping paper. Spray with non-stick cooking spray and dust lightly with flour. 3. Beat egg whites with cream of tarter, vanilla, and salt until they hold a soft peak. Add sugar gradually, by quarter cups and beating for 10 seconds or so after each addition. Sprinkle in flour and mix it at low speed. 4. Drop a little mound of dough on paper-lined cookie sheet (16 to a sheet). 5. Place one kiss, pointed end up, in center of each mound. Push candy down, but not all the way to the bottom. Drop another little mound of dough on top to cover each dandy. 6. Bake at 275 degrees for about 40 minutes, or until meringue is slightly golden and dry to the touch. 7. Cool by setting sheet on wire rack. When completely cool, peel carefully from paper and store in airtight container in a dry place (not the refrigerator). 8. 3-4 dozen

ANDREA'S OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix brown sugar, lard, milk, and vanilla. Stir in remaining ingredients. (I do all the mixing for this in my Kitchen-aid. Then my arm doesn't get sore. HA!)
• Drop the dough by tablespoons onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes. Immediately remove from cookie sheet and cool.