Best Cocoon Cookies Recipes

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COCOONS



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The low cooking time aids the transition from basic ingredients to a melt in your mouth cookie. Great holiday cookie! Bake these now or any time during the year.

Provided by Sissy Bennett

Categories     Cakes & Candy

Yield 30

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 cups all purpose flour, sifted
3/4 cup butter, softened not melted
4 tbsp powdered sugar
2 tbsp vanilla
1 cup finely chopped pecans
Extra powdered sugar for rolling cookies

Steps:

  • In a medium glass bowl, cut the butter into the flour and sugar. Add the vanilla and finely chopped nuts.
  • With hands, form dough into finger-sized crescents.
  • Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in 275 degree oven for 45 minutes or until light brown. Roll cookies in powdered sugar while still warm.

COCOON COOKIES RECIPE - (4.7/5)



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Provided by SandrahCarter

Number Of Ingredients 6

2 sticks butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar + 5 TBSP sifted (1-2/3 double batch)
2 tsp. Vanilla
1 tbsp water
2 cups sifted plain flour
1 cup fine chopped pecans

Steps:

  • 1. Cream sugar & butter 2. Add vanilla & water 3. Add flour (slowly) & mix well 4. Add pecans & mix well. 5. Put in rerigerator until stifened (1/2 - 1 hour) 6. Shape into small cocoons (whatever shape wanted) & bake 7. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes or until light brown. 8. Roll in sifted powdered sugar while hot & place on wax paper to cool.

ITALIAN WEDDING COOKIES III



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Also sometimes called 'Mexican wedding cookie', 'Russian tea cakes', or 'butterballs', can also be made into crescents. You can also substitute pecans and they are very good as well. This is the best version of these I have ever seen, it was given me by a friend who grew up in central Europe.

Provided by Chris Hetherington

Categories     World Cuisine Recipes     European     Italian

Time 1h20m

Yield 40

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 ½ cups unsalted butter
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
¾ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups finely ground almonds
4 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
⅓ cup confectioners' sugar for rolling

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
  • Cream butter or margarine in a bowl, gradually add confectioners' sugar and salt. Beat until light and fluffy. Add almonds and vanilla. Blend in flour gradually and mix well.
  • Shape into balls (or crescents) using about 1 teaspoon for each cookie. Place on ungreased cookie sheets, and bake for 15-20 min. Do not brown. Cool slightly, then roll in the extra confectioners' sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 140 calories, Carbohydrate 11.5 g, Cholesterol 18.3 mg, Fat 9.7 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 2.2 g, SaturatedFat 4.6 g, Sodium 44.9 mg, Sugar 3.5 g

ADELAIDE'S COCOONS



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My Grandma made these every Christmas. These are the best cookies ever. I can eat them any time of the year, it doesn't have to be Christmas.

Provided by Stacey Lawson @slawson

Categories     Cookies

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 stick(s) butter, room temperature
2 cup(s) sifted flour
1 cup(s) chopped pecans
3/4 cup(s) confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon(s) water
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract
1 teaspoon(s) almond extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Cream butter and 1/4 cup of confectioner's sugar.
  • Add vanilla, almond extract, and water.
  • Blend in flour.
  • Add chopped pecans.
  • Form into small finger rolls by rolling in flour.
  • Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. These will not brown like a typical cookie.
  • While hot, roll in remaining confectioner's sugar.

CAJUN PECAN COCOONS



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My husband is from South Louisiana and doesn't have any family here. To show my appreciation for all he does for me, I try to learn all his favorite things and this is one of them. His best friends mom made them for our wedding and she passed the recipe on to me.

Provided by Julie Guidry

Categories     Cookies

Time 2h20m

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 c sifted flour
1/5 lb real butter
1/3 c sugar
1 c chopped pecans
2 tsp water
2 tsp almond extract
confectioners sugar

Steps:

  • 1. Preheat oven to 325F.
  • 2. Mix all ingredients in bowl and chill for two hours.
  • 3. Shape into small balls, by rolling between palms and bake on an ungreased baking sheet for 20 minutes. They will not brown.
  • 4. In another bowl add about a cup of confectioners sugar. When slightly cooled, roll each cookie in sugar until well coated.

GRANDMA KRAUSE'S COCONUT COOKIES



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When my two daughters were young, their great-grandma made them coconut cookies with oats. Thankfully, she shared the recipe. —Debra Dorn, Dunnellon, Florida

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 50m

Yield about 4 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup old-fashioned oats
1 cup sweetened shredded coconut

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, beat shortening and sugars until blended. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in oats and coconut., Divide dough into 4 portions. On a lightly floured surface, shape each into a 6-in.-long log. Wrap in waxed paper; freeze 2 hours or until firm., Preheat oven to 350°. Unwrap and cut dough crosswise into 1/2-in. slices, reshaping as needed. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pans 5 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool., Freeze option: Place wrapped logs in a freezer container; return to freezer. To use, unwrap frozen logs and cut into slices. If necessary, let dough stand a few minutes at room temperature before cutting. Prepare and bake as directed.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 109 calories, Fat 5g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 8mg cholesterol, Sodium 56mg sodium, Carbohydrate 15g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.

COCOONS



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A Christmas tradition handed down from my great grandmother. Some people call these sand tarts or wedding cookies, we called them cocoons because of their shape. Whatever you decide to call them, they are a wonderful, melt in your mouth, not too sweet perfect little two bite cookie.

Provided by Scout33

Categories     Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup butter, softened (2 sticks)
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 cup pecans, finely chopped- I like mine to be almost ground
1 cup confectioners' sugar, for coating cookies

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 275.
  • Cream the butter and sugar until smooth.
  • Add vanilla, combine.
  • Add the flour, combine.
  • Mix in the pecans.
  • Scoop out 1 tablespoon of dough, I use a cookie/ice cream scoop, shape into into a cocoon- about 2" by 1/2".
  • Place the cookies on cookies sheet, you can put them fairly close together as they do not rise or spread very much.I always use parchment paper on my cookies sheets.
  • Bake about 45 minutes, you don't really want them to be brown.
  • While the cookies are baking, prepare the powdered sugar. Place some in a large bowl or container, then as you take the cookies out of the oven, layer them with powdered sugar in the bowl I just leave them in the powdered sugar until they cool.
  • Dig them out and tap the sugar off- this is messy but fun- I like a thick layer of sugar on mine and sifting the sugar over the cookies doesn't get them like I want.
  • The ones you don't eat right away keep well in an airtight container.

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