Butter Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup ground pecans
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicon mat.
• 2 in a large bowl with an electric mixer or a food processor, beat together butter and brown sugar until creamy.
• 3 add flour, ground pecans, vanilla and salt and beat just until it forms a smooth dough.
• 4 wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour to allow it to firm up just enough to shape.
• 5 preheat oven to 325 degrees f (160 degrees c).
• 6 by hand, roll dough into 1-inch balls.
• 7 place them on the prepared cookie sheet and flatten very slightly (to about 1/2-inch thickness) with the bottom of a glass that has been dipped in flour to prevent the dough from sticking to the glass (if you have a cookie stamp, you can use it to flatten the cookies instead of the glass).
• 8 place in the oven and bake for 12 minutes or until set and very lightly browned on the bottom.
• 9 remove from pan and let cool on a rack.