Asa Ransom House Butter Pecan Pastry

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup pecans, ground
• 2/3 cup water (cold)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup pecans, ground
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar or 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon rum or 1/2 teaspoon rum flavoring

Recipe

• 1 to make pastry: combine first three ingredients; blend well.
• 2 add water and mix well.
• 3 cover and refrigerate at least two hours or overnight.
• 4 preheat oven to 375f and butter a cookie sheet or pizza pan.
• 5 to make filling, beat sugar and butter until fluffy; add flour and pecans and blend well.
• 6 divide pastry dough into two portions; roll our one portion into a 10" circle and place onto prepared baking sheet.
• 7 spread filling to one inch from edge.
• 8 roll our remaining portion of dough into another 10" circle; brush edge with water, place on top of filling and press/crimp edge attractively.
• 9 brush top with beaten egg.
• 10 bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown.
• 11 cut into wedges to serve and garnish with a dollop of hard sauce.
• 12 to make hard sauce: combine all ingredients and beat well.