Inn at Thorn Hill’s Eggnog Pecan Sandie’s

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 CUPS OF PECANS DIVIDED
  • 2 CUPS OF ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
  • 3/4 TSP SEA SALT
  • 1 CUP OF UN SALTED BUTTER SOFTENED
  • 1/2 CUP POWDERED SUGAR
  • 1 TBSP OF BOURBON
  • 1 TBSP RUM EXTRACT
  • 1 TBSP VANILLA EXTRACT
  • 1 TBSP OF FRESH GRATED NUTMEG
  • 1 TSP OF CINNAMON

Preheat your oven to 350 F and place pecans in a pan. Cook pecans for 5-7 minutes. Just long enough to sing your favorite Christmas song or two. After the pecans cool finely ground them up in a food processor and set 3 TBSP aside for later.  Add flour and salt to the processor and combine with pecans then set aside. In a in a separate bowl add your cream, butter and sugar in a mixer until fluffy. Now for the Holiday cheer, add Bourbon, Rum, vanilla, flour, ground pecans and all spices and mix well. Now to create your favorite cookies. Roll into 1″ balls and lightly flatten then roll the edges in the set aside pecans. Cook in an ungreased baking sheet for ten minutes then once cools dust with cinnamon powdered sugar and serve to the ones you love.