Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Name: Pecan Shortbread Cookies
Cook time: 25 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped; 1 1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar; 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped; 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons demerara or turbinado sugar; 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten

Pecan Shortbread Cookies was pinched from <a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/pecan-shortbread-cookies-demasco" target="_blank">www.foodandwine.com.</a>

"Karen DeMasco beats the dough for these buttery cookies with an entire vanilla bean, so the oils in the pod add deep vanilla flavor. By rolling the dough in demerara sugar before slicing and baking the cookies, she makes them extra-crispy. (Recipe adapted from The Craft of Baking.)..."

INGREDIENTS

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3/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped

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1 1/4 sticks (10 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature

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1/2 cup confectioners' sugar

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1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped

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1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

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1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

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3 tablespoons demerara or turbinado sugar

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1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten

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