Sand Tarts by frick

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Sand Tarts
Submitted by frick on December 14, 2008 at 5:23 pm

Source: recipe from LaUna Rampy, a Texan*

½ pound butter
¼ cup sugar
1 cup small to finely chopped pecans
2 ½ cups flour, all purpose
3 tsp. vanilla
Pan of powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 325F.

Cream butter with sugar until fluffy, add vanilla and blend well. Add flour and mix just until combined, then stir in pecans.

Shape in small crescents, tapering the tips. There is practically no spreading so cookies may be placed closer than conventionally. While these were always baked on plain cookie sheets, parchment may be used if you wish.

Bake at 325 just until beginning to color, 15-20 minutes. Remove from cookie sheets to shallow pan of powdered sugar.

Allow to cool briefly, then roll while warm to thoroughly coat. May be stored a few days in a tightly covered tin. They may absorb the powdered sugar and may be recoated if desired.

* There's a bit of Dutch and German in her bloodlines . . . that name needed explaining all her life.

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