Christmas Pajas (cookies)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup pecan halves
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
• 2 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped dried cranberries
• 1/2 cuo chopped semisweet chocolate morsel
• 7 ounces canned sweetened condensed milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or use a non-stick cookie sheet, set aside.
• 3 toss the pecans in the melted butter to evenly coat.
• 4 spread the nuts on an ungreased baking sheet and bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until golden. set aside to cool, then roughly chop.
• 5 place the chopped pecans and remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix with a wooden spoon until moistened.
• 6 spoon about 2 tablespoons of batter for each cookie onto the lined cookie sheet and gently flatten to circles of about 2 1/4 inches in diameter. these cookies do not spread.
• 7 bake 10 mintes or until the coconut turns a very pale golden, being careful not to brown too much.
• 8 transfer to racks to cool.