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.

2.5 from 4 votes

Sandies

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

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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Ashlee Marie

CEO at Ashlee Marie Cakes

Ashlee Prisbrey is a self taught cake decorator and home chef turned blogger turned youtuber. On her blog and youtube channel she shares cake decorating tutorials, from scratch recipes, and themed party food (cause for her parties are all about the food). In addition to blogging and videos she travels around the country speaking at blog conferences. Last year she competed on Food Network, the Halloween Baking championship, a dream come true! Ashlee loves empowering women and moms, in the kitchen, in blogging or in life. Her motto is nothing is too hard with the right tips and tricks.