Bella's Butterscotch Fingers

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 large egg
• 3/4 cup pecans, chopped

Recipe

• 1 on waxed paper, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• 2 in a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat butter and sugar until creamy, occasionally scraping bowl with rubber spatula; beat in vanilla, then egg; at low speed, gradually add flour mixture; beat just until blended, occasionally scraping bowl; with spoon, stir in pecans.
• 3 shape dough into a 12" by 3 3/4" by 1" brick.
• 4 wrap brick in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 6 hours or overnight until firm enough to slice.
• 5 or place brick in freezer about 2 hours.
• 6 preheat oven to 350°.
• 7 grease a large cookie sheet; with sharp knife, cut brick crosswise into 1/8-inch thick slices; place slices, 1 inch apart, on cookie sheets.
• 8 bake cookies 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned around edges.
• 9 transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.