Pecan Sandies with Beautiful Toasted Pecans

Some baked goods—like sliced bagels, fresh English muffins, and thin-crust pizza—just beg to be toasted. Don’t fight it! Bring out the flavor in this shortbread-reminiscent dough by toasting all the nuts (not just the whole ones for garnishing) in a dry skillet before mixing them into the batter. Then bake the cookies until the edges take on a golden-brown tone. They’ll simply fall apart in your mouth.