Italian Brides Pecan Cookies Pastelitos De Boda Recipes

GRACE HSUI

Steps:

• Dough:Grind the flour and pecans together until the nuts are finely chopped.Cream the butter and sugar together, and add the extracts. Mix well.Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, and mix until just combined. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.Set the oven to 350°F (177°C). Scoop the dough into tablespoon-size rounds, set them on cookie sheets, and bake for 15 minutes.Place the cookies onto a cooling rack for 5-10 minutes before beginning to coat them in sugar.
• Coating:Pour the sugar into a large mixing bowl, and gently place a few cookies at a time into the sugar. Roll the wedding cakes around to cover, then place them back onto the cooling rack. Repeat a second time to get a good coating.Cool completely before eating and storing.

PASTELITOS DE BODA

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy; add vanilla. Combine flour, salt and nuts; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Add cream; knead lightly. , Shape into a roll 2-1/2 in. in diameter. Wrap in plastic. Refrigerate several hours or overnight. , Preheat oven to 375°. Unwrap and cut into 1/4-in. slices. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 15 minutes or until delicately browned around edges. Remove to wire rack. While warm, roll in additional confectioners' sugar.

ITALIAN BRIDE'S PECAN COOKIES (PASTELITOS DE BODA)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F In a bowl sift together the flour, 1/2 cup of the confectioners' sugar, the pecans and a pinch of salt, stir in the vanilla, and blend in the butter until the mixture is combined well.
• Scoop out rounded tablespoons of the mixture, form them into 1/4-inch-thick rounds. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until they are golden around the edges.
• Transfer the cookies to racks, let them cool slightly, and sift the additional confectioners' sugar over them.

PASTELITOS DE BODA (BRIDE'S COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix together flour, almonds, 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a bowl. Cut in butter until mixture forms a ball.
• Shape dough into patties. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are delicately brown, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cookies cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes before dusting with 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar.