New Orleans Praline Disks

Name: New Orleans Praline Disks
Yield: Makes about 50 cookies
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1½ cups light brown sugar, firmly packed; 1¾ cups (about 7 ounces/200 grams) pecan pieces; 1½ cups all-purpose flour (spoon flour into a dry-measure cup and level off); 2 or 3 cookie sheets or jelly-roll pans lined with parchment or foil; 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened; 1 large egg; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Modern Baker

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2008

About

Pralines are those addictively rich New Orleans candy patties made from brown sugar, butter, and pecans. These cookies are close in flavor, but a little less rich. Please make sure the butter is really soft for these or they won’t spread and become as thin as they should during baking.

Ingredients

1¾ cups (about 7 ounces/200 grams) pecan pieces
1½

Americas
United States
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Set nicks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 375°F (180°C).
Place ½ cup of the pecans in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the metal blade. Pulse until the pecans are finely chopped, but not ground to a powder. Remove and set aside. Combine