Irresistible Pecan Cookie Niblets

Submitted by rainna

"Sometimes I like eating these in front of the television, and don't realise I had actually finished a whole jar!"

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 12 cookies

ingredients

• 60 g unsalted butter
• 1⁄4 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 125 g pecans, toasted and coarsely ground
• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• pecans, for decoration (optional)
• icing sugar, to sprinkle

directions

1. Preheat oven at 175°C/350°F.
2. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy.
3. Add in vanilla essence, ground pecans and blend.
4. Fold in flour, and mix till you form a dough.
5. Take a teaspoonful of dough in your hands and roll till you form a small ball.
6. Place on a cookie tray, and place a pecan on top.
7. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes.
8. Cool on a rack and sprinkle icing sugar after.