Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Name: Pecan Shortbread Cookies
Yield: Makes about 18 wafers, 1¼ x 3 inches
Ingredients: Granulated sugar, for sprinkling (optional); Big pinch (⅛ teaspoon) salt; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1 cup all-purpose flour; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; ⅓ cup medium-coarse chopped pecans; ⅓ cup very finely chopped pecans; ½ teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup confectioners’ (10X) sugar, sifted

Preparation info

Makes about
18
wafers, 1¼ x 3 inches

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Witty's Monster Cookies

By Helen Witty

Published 1983

About

Plain-Jane in looks, anything but plain in flavor if you really and truly appreciate pecans. A sifting of confectioners’ sugar is a neat finish, not a gilding of the lily.

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup confectioners’ (10X) sugar

Cookies
Vegetarian

Method

preheat the oven to 325°F, with an oven rack in the center position.
In a mixing bowl (using a wooden spoon) or in the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter until soft. Beat in the confectioners’ sugar until the mixture is fluffy, then the