Elizabeth Dole's Pecan Roll Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
¼ cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon cold water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups chopped pecans
⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for decoration

Nutrition Info

180.4 calories
carbohydrate: 12.1 g
cholesterol: 20.3 mg
fat: 14.3 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 2 g
saturatedFat: 5.4 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 54.8 mg
sugar: 3.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).

  2. Beat butter or margarine and sugar until creamy. Beat in water and vanilla. Gradually beat in flour. Stir in chopped pecans.

  3. With floured hands, roll 2 teaspoons dough for each cookie into an oblong shape. Press slight indentation down the center of each cookie with a knife.

  4. Bake on greased baking sheets for 45 minutes. Roll in confectioners' sugar while still warm.

Recipe Yield

4 dozen

Recipe Note

This recipe is from the 1996 Dole-Clinton presidential campaign.

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