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.
Sandies
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!
Print Pin RatePrep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 60 cookies
Calories: 57kcal
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
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
Video
Nutrition
Serving: 0g | Calories: 57kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 8mg | Sodium: 27mg | Potassium: 12mg | Fiber: 0g | Sugar: 0g | Vitamin A: 95IU | Vitamin C: 0mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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Ashlee Marie
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Mary
Can you freeze sandie cookies after they are baked or cookie dough.
Ashlee Marie
I have never tried it, but I assume that yes you could. Not refrigerate as it will dry out an already dry cookie, but freezing should be fine. If you want to freeze the dough I’d make balls, spread them on a tray and freeze the tray, once frozen then I’d move the balls to a bag. I’d say the dough would be better than the final cookies.