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  • Nidos de Pajaro "Bird's Nests Cookies"

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    Nidos de Pajaro "Bird's Nests Cookies"
    Prep: 30 min Cook: 20 min Servings: 1
    by Andrea Faz
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    Yet another family recipe of mine. They really are one of a kind, delicious, and another way to get the kids in the kitchen. They look very elegant and make for a decadent gift as well.

    Ingredients

    • 1 1/2 (3 sticks) cups of butter
    • 4 cups of flour
    • 4 tbsp of baking powder
    • 4 eggs
    • 1 1/2 finely chopped pecans
    • 1 cup of sugar
    • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
    • a pinch of salt
    • jam/jelly of your juice

    Directions

    1. With a blend mix the butter (room temperature), with the sugar, and vanilla.
    2. Mix in only the egg yolks saving the whites in a separate container.
    3. Add the flour, baking powder, and salt into the mix.
    4. Form small cookie balls about the size of a bouncy ball.
    5. Dip each cookie into the egg whites and roll them around in the nuts and place them onto a greased cookies sheet.
    6. Bake them for 5 minutes at 350 degrees.
    7. After the five minutes pull the cookies out and with your finger make an imprint in the center of the cookie so that it resembles a bird's nest.
    8. Return the cookies to the oven and bake for another 10-15 minutes.
    9. Once the cookies have been removed form the oven, fill the nest with jam/jelly.

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    Reviews

    • Carlos Faz
      Carlos Faz
      tambien maravillosas!
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      • connie marshall
        connie marshall
        I made these cookies using the ingredients listed above and they didn't taste good, we ended up throwing them out. I think the recipe should have called for only 4 teaspoons of baking powder not 4 tablespoons. The vanilla also was written as 1 tablespoon and it should be 1 teaspoon. thanks, connie

        Comments

        • Evelyn Scott
          Evelyn Scott
          These look absolutely delicious !! I can't wait to try this recipe, thanks so much for sharing it .
          • LK
            LK
            I'm going to make these cookies for Jackie as a present...hope they turn out as well as yours!

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