BUTTER PECAN SHORTBREAD COOKIES RECIPE RECIPES

Steps:

• Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicon mat.
• In a large bowl with an electric mixer or a food processor, beat together butter and brown sugar until creamy.
• Add flour, ground pecans, vanilla and salt and beat just until it forms a smooth dough.
• Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour to allow it to firm up just enough to shape.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160 degrees C).
• By hand, roll dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place them on the prepared cookie sheet and flatten very slightly (to about 1/2-inch thickness) with the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the glass (If you have a cookie stamp, you can use it to flatten the cookies instead of the glass).
• Place in the oven and bake for 12 minutes or until set and very lightly browned on the bottom.
• Remove from pan and let cool on a rack.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line 8-inch square baking pan with aluminum foil, leaving a 1-inch overhang.
• Combine butter, brown sugar and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed, scraping bowl often, until creamy. Add flour and 1/4 cup pecans; beat at low speed until well mixed. (Mixture will be crumbly.)
• Pat mixture evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with coarse grain sugar and 1 tablespoon pecans. Bake 23-25 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes. Lift shortbread out of pan, using foil. Cut into bars. Cool completely.