Grandma's Sand Tarts Cookie Recipe Melts In Your Mouth (5 Ingredients, 25 Minutes) Cookies Desserts Snacks Holidays Gluten-free Low Sugar Recipes Budget Recipes Low Sodium Recipes

There are lots of cookies that remind me of my grandma. This sand tart cookies recipe tops the list. A Christmas didn't go by without these delicate sand tart cookies being displayed on Grandma's red glass tray. My grandma made the tender sand tarts in crescent shape, but making them in ball shapes taste (almost) as good.

The texture and taste of these holiday cookies is similar to Mexican wedding cookies, Greek kourabiedes or Italian butter balls. The five-ingredient cookies are really easy to make, too. Butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, flour and pecans and mixed together to form the delicate cookie batter. Shape them into balls or crescents and bake for 10 minutes. The hot cookies are the rolled in powdered sugar. Because they're hot, it adheres to the cookies and creates a glaze-like texture. Amazingly delicious old-fashioned cookies!

The cookies can be shaped into balls, but a crescent shape is traditional (and grandma approved). The number of cookies depends on the size of the cookies you shape. 

Serve these tender, buttery cookies as a sweet snack or for a memorable holiday (or anytime) dessert.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 24

Ingredients

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon powdered sugar (plus additional for rolling)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour (all-purpose or gluten-free flour)
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Here's how to make it:

1. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla, flour and chopped pecans. Mix until just combined. (To make these cookies gluten-free, use gluten-free flour.)
2. Shape dough into crescent or ball shapes. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes, or until bottoms are beginning to get light brown.
4. Remove and immediately roll in powdered sugar. Cool before serving. Store the cookies in an airtight container on the counter.

Recipe cooking times, nutritional information and servings are approximate and provided for your convenience. However, 30Seconds is not responsible for the outcome of any recipe, nor may you have the same results because of variations in ingredients, temperatures, altitude, errors, omissions or cooking/baking abilities. Any nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and it is up to the individual to ascertain accuracy. To ensure image quality, we may occasionally use stock photography.

Take 30 seconds and join the 30Seconds community, and follow us on Facebook to get recipes in your newsfeed daily. Food, fun, health, happiness.