Grandma's Christmas Icebox Cookies

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup red or green candied cherries

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 25 mins


• beat brown sugar, butter, and white sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. beat the first egg into the butter until completely blended, then beat in the vanilla extract with the last egg.
• mix flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl; stir into creamed butter mixture until dough is just mixed. fold pecans and candied cherries into dough. shape dough into 1 1/2-inch rolls on a piece of waxed paper. seal waxed paper on the ends with tape; refrigerate until chilled and firm, at least 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• slice cookies to about 1/4-inch thickness and arrange on a baking sheet.
• bake in the preheated oven until edges are lightly browned, about 10 minutes.