Pecan Shortbread Melts

Submitted by Debbb

"This is a yummy, no-fuss, no-fail shortbread recipe that I have been making for Christmas for many years now. You MUST use butter in this recipe."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 48 bite-sized cookies

ingredients

• 236.59 ml butter, softened
• 78.78 ml icing sugar
• 9.85 ml vanilla extract
• 473.18 ml all-purpose flour
• 1.23 ml salt
• 177.44 ml finely chopped pecans
• 118.29 ml superfine sugar (approx. amount)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. With an electric mixer, cream butter in a large bowl. Beat in icing sugar & vanilla.
3. Add salt, then flour to creamed mixture. (Mixture will still be crumbly.).
4. With your hands or a wooden spoon, add the pecans until evenly distributed. (Mixture will now resemble cookie dough.).
5. Shape dough into the size of dates (make a ball between your hands & then slightly squish to give the oblong shape), dredge in superfine sugar & place on ungreased cookie sheets.
6. Bake 25 minutes until lightly browned.