The Butterscotch Pecan Sandy that Rocked Me Like a Hurricane
I don’t know why, but something this week just made me crave a pecan sandy. I don’t know why. It was like the word “sandy” was implanted in my brain somehow, you know, an Inception kind of thing. I went to the boards and found a really interesting recipe on the boards that also used butterscotch, so I could not resist it. The photo on Pinterest looks like this:
Ingredients:
3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/3 cups unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 large egg
3/4 cup chopped pecans
2 cups butterscotch chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine flour and baking soda in a small bowl and set aside. In a large micing bowl cream butter, sugar, salt, and vanilla on medium speed until light. Beat in egg until fluffy. Reduce speed to low, add flour one cup at a time, just until combined. Stir in pecans and butterscotch chips.
With a small scoop or 2 teaspoons, form small balls of dough less than one inch in diameter. Place on baking sheet, allowing 2 inches between cookies. Flatten balls with the bottom of a glass to about 1/4 inch in height. Bake fro 8-10 minutes until brown around edged, but tops are still pale. Transfer to racks to cool. Store in airtight container.
Note: The original recipes yeilds 9 dozen 1 1/2 inch cookies. I made just shy of 5 dozen 2 1/4 in cookies.
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First I assembled the dry ingredients in a small bowl.
Then I creamed the butter together with the sugar, salt and vanilla,
and added the egg.
Next, the flour was added to the mixing bowl.
And finally, the chopped pecans (I used a food processor to chop them) and a bag of butterscotch chips.
From there, the dough was rolled into tablespoon sized balls
and flattened. I used my hands because they stuck to the bottom of the glass I tried to use.
They baked in the oven for eight minutes, until they were perfectly done.
The best pecan sandies I have every had. Ever. And they were so easy to make! They are the pecan sandies of the century.
Now I’ve got Inception inceptioned into my brain…
Oh my goodness, those look amazing!
They are. I had to give most of them away just to keep myself from needing bigger pants.