I wanted to make something sweet but as this was not planned I opened my kitchen closets and looked for ingredients to see what I could make. I did not have eggs, I did not have enough regular sugar, I did not have vanilla, I looked into the drawers where my spices are looking for mastic resin, I did not have anything to use as a flavour to make anything but I had an orange. I had some almonds, pecans, self rising flour, margarine and icing sugar so I would try and make some cookies.
The margarine I had was 120 grams and I had no idea how many cookies that would make. I added I cup of icing sugar and 1 cup of flour but after adding all the other ingredients the dough was I little bit sticky, so I adjusted it by adding 2 – 3 more tablespoons of flour.
The cookies were so easy to make and I wish I had some butter they would be perfect but even with margarine they still tasted great. The kids liked them, although for my taste I would prefer them with less sugar inside and the icing sugar on top was not necessary.
This is my entry for this month’s Click event organized by Bee an Jai, of Jugalbandi.
Orange flavoured Pecan and Almond Cookies – Recipe by Ivy
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Baking time: 12 minutes
Yields: 50 cookies
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Ingredients: |
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120 |
Grams |
Butter or margarine, at room temperature |
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1 |
Cup |
Icing Sugar |
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1 |
Tbsp |
Orange rind |
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75 |
grams |
Pecans, coarsely ground |
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75 |
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Almonds, coarsely ground |
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1 |
cup |
Self rising flour + a few tablespoons |
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¼ |
Tsp |
Salt |
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Whole pecans for decoration |
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Icing sugar for dusting on top |
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Directions |
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Beat butter with sugar in the mixer until light and creamy. |
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Add orange rind, salt, almonds, pecans and flour. |
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Mix into a dough. |
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Place in between cling film and flatten with a rolling pin to about ½ cm thick. Cut with a cookie cutter. |
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Collect all pieces of the dough remaining and roll out again until all the dough has finished. |
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Add a pecan on each cookie. |
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Preheat oven at 180 C. (350 F.). Line a cookie tin with parchment paper and place each cookie leaving a gap of about 2 – 3 cm from each other. |
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Bake for 10-12 minutes. When cool, dust with icing sugar. |
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I am also sending this recipe to Ria, of Ria’s Collection, for her event Let’s Celebrate. It’s Ria’s Birthday tomorrow, so Happy Birthday Ria.
I am also sending this to Shanthi, of Shanthi Krisnakumar’s Cook Book, for her event Sweet Time, only for vegetarian recipes. These cookies are vegan.
Thank you Ria and Shanthi, for promoting your events on My Recipes & Events Social Network, which is a site for foodies powered by foodies. This is your site for you to share anything and everything about food, so come and join us. We are now 75 members in such a short time.
Peter
Tuesday 2nd of June 2009
Good thinking on your feet Ivy. Mothers have a knack for being creative with the ingredients at hand.
Aparna
Tuesday 2nd of June 2009
These cookies look deliicous, Ivy. We don't get pecans here and my sister brought me some from the U.S. Now I can't decide what I should use them in. :)
Vij
Monday 1st of June 2009
I am coming over to taste them.Looks lovely Ivy!
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Susan from Food Blogga
Monday 1st of June 2009
Orange and almond go so beautifully together. These must have been delicious!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
Monday 1st of June 2009
Wonderful cookies with almonds and pecans! We here love nuts and would really love these cookies! Yum!
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