Dad's Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies Recipe

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Dad's Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
4756
Calories
Total time
55
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 tsp real vanilla extract
  • 3 heaping tbsp confectioners' sugar, sifted
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour , sifted
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1 lb confectioners' sugar

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In the bowl of a large mixer cream the butter until fluffy, then add vanilla and the espresso.
  3. In a large bowl sift the confectioners' sugar then add to it the butter mixture in the mixer and mix well.
  4. In the same bowl used to sift the sugar, add flour and salt and sift. Add them to the mixer that contains the cream, butter mixture. Turn the mixture out on a floured board and sprinkle the pine nuts on the mixture and mix nuts in well with your hands (if dough gets too sticky add a bit more flour to the board and to your hands). When nuts are mixed in, place mixture in a large glass bowl and put in refrigerator for 1/2 hour to make it easier to roll. Take bowl out of the refrigerator and with your hands pick up walnut sized balls of dough, roll them in your hands and place them in an ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. Bake for 20 minutes or until cookies turn a light golden brown. When all of the cookies have been baked place them on a cooling rack overnight. If you are pressed for time 5 hours will do.
  6. In a large resealable plastic bag place the pound of confectioners' sugar (this is a bit of overkill but I wanted to have enough powdered sugar for the cookies). Add 6 to 12 cookies at a time and gently toss them in the powdered sugar and then place them on a cooling rack trying not to disturb the sugar coating. Continue until all cookies are coated. Let cookies rest so that the coating really adheres. Now – when you eat one - you will want another and another and another!
  7. My Dad used to also coat these cookies with raw sugar (that he had family ship from Italy), and I have made them that way also. However, people seem to like the powdered sugar more.
  8. A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. Food Network Kitchens has not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 4755.54 Kcal (19910 kJ)
Calories from fat 2088.61 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 232.07g 357%
Cholesterol 496.58mg 166%
Sodium 3050.95mg 127%
Potassium 755.99mg 16%
Total Carbs 652.58g 218%
Sugars 447.13g 1789%
Dietary Fiber 10.2g 41%
Protein 36.72g 73%
Vitamin C 0.7mg 1%
Vitamin A 2.3mg 76%
Iron 6.6mg 36%
Calcium 103.7mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 468.18 Kcal (1960 kJ)
Calories from fat 205.62 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.85g 357%
Cholesterol 48.89mg 166%
Sodium 300.36mg 127%
Potassium 74.43mg 16%
Total Carbs 64.25g 218%
Sugars 44.02g 1789%
Dietary Fiber 1g 41%
Protein 3.61g 73%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 76%
Iron 0.6mg 36%
Calcium 10.2mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 113.6
    Points
  • 133
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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