Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Photo by Mark Thomas

Ingredients

¹/₈ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
½ cup pecans, toasted
18 pecan halves
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon whipping cream
½ cup unsalted butter
+ 2 more ingredients
- ¹/₈ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup sugar

Finely grind toasted pecans and sugar in processor. Blend in flour, baking soda, and salt. Add butter; cut in using on/off turns until coarse meal forms. Add cream and vanilla. Process using on/off turns until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Place sheet of waxed pape...

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