Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar, plus lots more for rolling the cooking in
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup cold butter, cut into chunks
- 1/2 cup hard vegetable shortening
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter a large cookie sheet. In a small bowl whisk the egg with vanilla until combined.
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Step 2: In a food processor fitted with the steel blade, pulse the pecans until they are finely chopped. Add 3/4 cup powdered sugar, flour and salt, and pulse again. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula if necessary.
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Step 3: Drop in the butter and shortening chunks, and pulse a couple of times. Add the egg/vanilla mix and pulse again, just until the mixture starts to come together. Roll the dough into 1 to 1 1/2-inch balls with your hands.
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Step 4: Plce the balls on the baking sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart. Using your finger press down the bakk just slightly. Bake until the cookies are golden brown, about 12-15 minutes. You may need to bake two batches.
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Step 5: Immediately roll the hot cookies in confectioners sugar. Place on a rack. Cool completely then roll the cookies for a second time in the sugar.
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