Pecan Shortbread Raspberry Cookies

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter - softened
2/3 cup	131g / 4.6oz	Sugar
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Almond extract
1 cup	237ml	Ground pecans
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
		Powdered sugar
2 tablespoons	30ml	Seedless raspberry preserves

Recipe Instructions

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla and almond extracts by beating in mixing bowl at medium speed until light and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. At low speed, beat in pecans. Gradually add flour until mixture comes together, about 1 minute. Divide dough in half, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until firm, 1 to 2 hours.

Roll out dough 1/8-inch thick on lightly floured surface and cut with 2-inch scalloped cookie cutter. Use 1-inch cutter to remove center of 1/2 of cookies. Put cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets and bake at 350 degrees until lightly browned, 9 to 12 minutes.

Sprinkle cut-out cookies with powdered sugar. Spread raspberry preserves on rest of cookies and top with powdered cookies.

This recipe yields about 30 cookies.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 01-06-1999

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