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Quick Pecan Cookies

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Ingredients for 1 servings:

  • 200 g nuts (pecans)
  • 220 g butter, soft
  • 100 g powdered sugar
  • 1 vanilla pod(s), the pulp
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 eggs, of which the egg white
  • 300 g flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp powdered sugar

Instructions

Working time approx. 35 minutes; Rest time approx. 1 day 6 hours; Total time approx. 1 day 6 hours 35 minutes

Set aside 50 nice nut halves and chop the rest medium-finely. Mix softened butter with powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt, then thoroughly incorporate the egg whites. Gently mix in the sifted flour mixed with baking powder. Cover the dough with foil and chill for at least 30 minutes. Form the dough into walnut-sized balls and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Dip the bottom of a glass in powdered sugar, flatten the balls to a thickness of 1/2-3/4 cm, pressing the glass into the sugar every now and then. Place a nut half on each cookie. Bake at 180°C for 15-18 minutes.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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