Description
This is my favorite recipe for pecan sandies and tastes just like the store bought ones. The recipe is from copykat.com, but i wanted to save it here, and in my special cookbook!!
Ingredients
- Vegetable Shortening
- White Sugar
- Powdered Sugar
- Egg
- Salt
- Cream Of Tartar
- Baking Soda
- Vanilla
- Flour
- Pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Measure flour, cream of tarter, and baking soda together and set aside
- Cream vegetable shortening and sugars together until fluffy
- Add vanilla, salt, and egg to sugar mixture and beat until smooth
- Add flour mixture to sugar mixture 1 / 3 at a time, beating after each addition until completely mixed
- Dough will seem a little thick
- Stir pecans into dough with a strong spoon
- Chill dough for 30- 45 minutes
- Roll dough into 1- 1 1 / 4 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet
- Flatten balls to 1 / 4 inch thickness
- Bake for 12- 15 minutes, until slightly golden
- Remove to cooling rack
- When completely cool, store in air-tight container