Cookies, Butter Pecan

By Floridaberry

Martha's website

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup pecans
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar, plus more for coasting
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 350 drgrees. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant about 6 minutes. Let cool completely; finely chop.

2. With an electric mixer, cream butter and 1/3 cup sugar until light, about 1 minute. Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans.

3. Separate dough into 12 pieces; squeeze dough to shape into balls. Roll in sugar. Place, 3 inches apart, on a bakig sheet. Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass (reshape sides if necessary). Sprinkle with sugar.

4. Bake until golden brow, rotating sheet halfway through, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with more sugar. Cool cookies on a wire rack. Makes 12 cookies