Pecan Brown Sugar Shortbread

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    12

    wedges
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Spilling The Beans: Cooking And Baking With Beans and Grains Everyday

By Julie Van Rosendaal and Sue Duncan

Published 2011

  • About

A very southern-belle sort of shortbread, which tastes as good as it sounds. It’s mostly crumbly, with a thin line of dense chewiness in the middle that’s a little reminiscent of butter-scotch. Unfortunately we can’t tell you how well it keeps, because it’s never seen nightfall in either of our houses.

Ingredients

  • cup (80 mL) pecans
  • ½ cup (125 mL

Method

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Spread the pecans on a baking sheet and bake until lightly toasted, about 7 minutes. Remove and allow to cool, then f