Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1 egg yolk unbeaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups flour sifted
1 pound pecan halves
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter in large mixing bowl. Gradually add brown sugar and granulated sugar. Cream well. Add unbeaten egg yolk and vanilla and beat well. Blend in sifted flour to form a stiff dough.
Shape dough into small balls. Place on greased cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with bottom of glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 7-9 minutes, till golden brown (do not overbrown.) Cool before frosting. Garnish with pecan halves.
Recipe by: The National Pecan Marketing Council, Inc. (By Permission of the authors.)
Recipe URL:
http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/32/Butter_Pecan_Cookies21284.shtml
Submitted by: rec.food.recipes benluc
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