Shortbread Pecan Cookies recipe

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Ingredients

1 ½ cups butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
½ cup white sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
¼ pound pecan halves
¼ cup powdered sugar, or as needed

Nutrition Info

196 calories
carbohydrate: 14.6 g
cholesterol: 32.6 mg
fat: 14.7 g
fiber: 0.7 g
protein: 2.3 g
saturatedFat: 7.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 87.7 mg
sugar: 4.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

  2. Combine butter, cream cheese, and sugar in a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer until well combined. Add flour and mix until combined.

  3. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and set on ungreased baking sheets.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on bottom, 10 to 13 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool, 8 to 10 minutes more. Place one pecan half on top of each cookie and dust lightly with powdered sugar.

Recipe Yield

30 cookies

Recipe Note

So easy to bake (no eggs involved) and delicious--I modified a basic shortbread recipe to jazz it up and it turned out a lot like a pecan sandie, but homemade.

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