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Cookies • A family favorite

2020 Cookbook

Butter Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Recipe by Meri Brown

Heat
350°F
Time
12 min
Makes
12 large or 24 small cookies

Makes 12 large or 24 small cookies

01

Ingredients

  • ¾ cup pecans
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 stick (8 T.) unsalted butter, room temp
  • ⅛ tsp. salt

02

Method

  1. 01

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool completely, then finely chop. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light. Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans. Separate dough into 12 (or

  2. 02

    pieces. Form into balls. Roll in sugar. Place on parchment lined baking sheet. Gently flatten balls with the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar. Sprinkle with more sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 15 min. for large cookies (12 min. for small cookies). Cool on wire rack.