Italian Bride’s Pecan Cookies (pastelitos De Boda)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted, plus additional for dusting the cookies
• 1 cup pecans, ground fine in batches in a spice grinder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f in a bowl sift together the flour, 1/2 cup of the confectioners’ sugar, the pecans and a pinch of salt, stir in the vanilla, and blend in the butter until the mixture is combined well.
• 2 scoop out rounded tablespoons of the mixture, form them into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are golden around the edges.
• 3 transfer the cookies to racks, let them cool slightly, and sift the additional confectioners’ sugar over them.