Cookies, Maple Pecan Thumbprints

By Judge99

Ingredients

• COOKIE
• 1 cup Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans
• 1 large Land O Lakes® Egg (white only), slightly beaten
• FROSTING
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes® Half & Half
• 3/4 teaspoon maple extract

Preparation

Step 1

STEP 1
Heat oven to 375°F.

STEP 2
Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Add flour and salt; beat at low speed until mixture forms a dough.

STEP 3
Place pecans into bowl. Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls. Dip each ball in beaten egg white; roll in pecans. Place 1 inch apart onto greased cookie sheets. Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or back of teaspoon. Bake 11-13 minutes or until very lightly browned and set. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack. Cool completely.

STEP 4
Combine powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, half & half and maple extract in bowl. Beat at low speed until smooth. Fill center of each cooled cookie with 1/2 teaspoon frosting.