Cocoons Recipes

ITALIAN WEDDING COOKIES III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Cream butter or margarine in a bowl, gradually add confectioners' sugar and salt. Beat until light and fluffy. Add almonds and vanilla. Blend in flour gradually and mix well.
• Shape into balls (or crescents) using about 1 teaspoon for each cookie. Place on ungreased cookie sheets, and bake for 15-20 min. Do not brown. Cool slightly, then roll in the extra confectioners' sugar.

COCOON COOKIES RECIPE - (4.7/5)

Steps:

• 1. Cream sugar & butter 2. Add vanilla & water 3. Add flour (slowly) & mix well 4. Add pecans & mix well. 5. Put in rerigerator until stifened (1/2 - 1 hour) 6. Shape into small cocoons (whatever shape wanted) & bake 7. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes or until light brown. 8. Roll in sifted powdered sugar while hot & place on wax paper to cool.

CAJUN PECAN COCOONS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325F.
• 2. Mix all ingredients in bowl and chill for two hours.
• 3. Shape into small balls, by rolling between palms and bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 20 minutes. They will not brown.
• 4. In another bowl add about a cup of confectioners sugar. When slightly cooled, roll each cookie in sugar until well coated.

ADELAIDE'S COCOONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter and 1/4 cup of confectioner's sugar.
• Add vanilla, almond extract, and water.
• Blend in flour.
• Add chopped pecans.
• Form into small finger rolls by rolling in flour.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. These will not brown like a typical cookie.
• While hot, roll in remaining confectioner's sugar.

SNOWBALLS II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cream the butter with 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar and the vanilla. Mix in the flour, pecans, and salt. Roll about 1 tablespoon or so of dough into balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until bottoms are golden, about 15 minutes. Do not allow these cookies to get too brown: it's better to undercook them than to overcook them. While cookies are still hot, roll them in confectioners' sugar. Once they have cooled, roll them in confectioners' sugar once more.