The Best Pecan Crescent Cookies
Melt in your mouth, delicious Pecan filled Holiday cookies! A classic Christmas cookie. Add these tasty treats to your Holiday baking list!
Servings 36 crescents
Calories 95kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup confectioners sugar
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup very finely chopped pecans see note below
- confectioners sugar to cover completed cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl, cream the butter and confectioners sugar. Add in the vanilla extract and water. Mix in the flour and salt, blend well. Add in the finely ground pecans.
- Form the dough into 2-inch crescents and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 20 minutes. Cookies should be lightly brown when complete. Remove from oven and let cool about 5 minutes. Place cookies on the cooling wrap completely cool.
- Roll cookies in confectioners sugar. Keep cookies in a covered container.
Notes
- Be sure to finely ground the pecans in the food processor. You do not want large chunks of pecans in your cookies.
- These cookies can be frozen after step 2.
- Once the cookies are defrosted, then roll in confectioners sugar to serve.
- Nutritional value is estimated as ingredients and size of portions can vary.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 95kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 160IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.4mg