Tag Archives: Pecans

Pumpkin Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Posted by on 18 November 2012 No comments

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  • 2 c Flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 c butter
  • 1 c sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 c pumpkin (cooked and mashed)
  • 1/2 c sour cream
  • 1 c finely chopped pecans
  • 2/3 c firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10 inch tube pan (or bundt pan) and set aside. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in separate bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each. Add vanilla and blend. Add pumpkin and sour cream and blend well. Batter will have a curdled appearance. Stir in dry ingredients just until mixed.

In a separate bowl, combine pecans brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice.

Spread half the batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle with half the pecan mixture. Spread remaining batter over and sprinkle with remaining pecan mixture.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 40-45 minutes or until cake tester inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, and remove from pan to cool completely on wire rack.

Snowglobe Cookies

Posted by on 9 September 2010 No comments

Here in Utah the Fall weather reminds me of what Christmas weather in California is like, and once the fall chill in the air hits, I start wanting to watch holiday movies, and bake holiday treats. Jeremy named these cookies snowglobes, obviously because they are round and look like snow, but the name has stuck and so that is what our family likes to call them.

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  • 1 cup pecans, toasted and cooled
  • 1 3/4 cups confectioners sugar
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut in small pieces
  • 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour

Heat oven to 325 F. Pulse pecans with 3/4 cup of the sugar, in a food processor until finely ground (do not over process); pour into a mixing bowl. Add butter, vanilla, and salt to the pecan, sugar mixture; mix well, scraping bowl often, to blend. Add flour; mix just until dough forms a ball.  Use a teaspoon to scoop the dough then shape into small balls. Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake 20 minutes or until tops are dry and bottoms are light brown. Cool cookies on sheet for 10 minutes. Gently roll warm cookies in remaining confectioners sugar to coat. Cool, then roll in sugar again.