Name: Sandies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 60 cookies
Ingredients: 1 C butter; 1/4 C powdered sugar; 2 tsp vanilla; 1 Tbsp water; 2 C sifted all-purpose flour; 1 C chopped pecans (I use the food processor to chop the quickly); extra powdered sugar

You might also know these as Mexican Wedding Cookies. I’ve heard a few other names for them too. But in our family they’ve always been known as “sandies”. This recipe from my Grandmother, the grandma that grew up in Mexico, so these are authentic and AMAZING.

3 from 5 votes

Sandies

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

20 mins

Total Time

40 mins

These cookies have many names - Sandies, Mexican wedding cookies, Russian tea cakes, Snowballs and even Italian wedding cookies! They are basically a pecan shortbread cookie rolled in powdered sugar and they are delicious!

Course: cookies

Cuisine: Italian, mexian, russian

Keyword: italian wedding cookies, mexican wedding cookies, pecan shortbread cookies, russian tea cakes, sandies, snowball cookies

Servings: 60 cookies

Calories: 57 kcal

Author: Ashlee Marie

Ingredients

1 C butter
1/4 C powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1 Tbsp water
2 C sifted all-purpose flour
1 C chopped pecans I use the food processor to chop the quickly
extra powdered sugar

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Cream the butter and sugar in your mixer.
Add the vanilla and water, mix.
Add the flour and mix it.
Add the pecans and mix.
Use a cookie scoop to form balls
Bake at 300 for 20 min.
While hot roll in powdered sugar, the let cool

Recipe Video

These are very delicate when they come out of the oven so be careful when your rolling them in the powdered sugar. Of course if some break feel free to eat them, that’s what I do!!

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