Cocoon Cookies (Sandies)!

These cookies hold a special place in my heart and I decided to make them again.

When we were little, my mom used to make these with my brothers and I all the time around the holidays, they were so fun and so yummy! My dad would come into the kitchen just in time to get a cookie while it was still warm :)

So I'm bringing back the tradition.. I'm in my Christmas attire, blasting Christmas music, it's raining and I'm making "cocoons"!

Here's what you'll need:

• 1 cup butter
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 2 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp water
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Combine butter and sugar and mix until creamy. 

Add water, salt and vanilla and mix.

Next add in the flower in small batches until combined.

Then add chopped pecans and mix well.

Next, take about a tablespoon amount in the palm of your hand and

squeeze it to make a fist, this will give you the "cocoon"

 

Bake for about 20 minutes until the cookies are lightly toasted and golden brown.

Move to a cooling rack and dust with powdered sugar.

 

Enjoy! 

Happy Holidays!