Texas Sandies

Can't wait to try these!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 36 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup light brown sugar
• 1  egg yolk
• 1  teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup pecans, finely chopped
•  sugar, for rolling cookies (optional)

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
2. Stir in the flour, half a cup at a time, blending in well. Stir in pecans.
3. Roll into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar.
4. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Press with bottom of a glass to 1/8-inch thickness.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
6. Lower heat to 300 degrees. Bake cookies 12 minutes longer until just light brown on bottom.
7. Cool a minute before removing to a rack to complete cooling. Store airtight.