Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe

 

Ingredients

3/4 cup chopped pecans

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

1/3 cup sugar, plus more for coating

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 cup all-purpose flour

Method

1 Preheat oven to 350°. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool completely; finely chop.

2 With an electric mixer, cream butter for about a minute. Add1/3 cup sugar and cream until light, about 1 minute more. Beat invanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until doughcomes together. Fold in pecans.

3 Separate dough into 12 pieces; squeeze dough to shape into balls. Roll in sugar. Place, 3 inches apart, on a baking sheet.

4 Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass (reshape sides if necessary). Sprinkle with sugar.

5 Bake until golden brown, rotating sheet halfway through, about15 minutes. Sprinkle with more sugar. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

Adapted from Everyday Food magazine.