Pecan Sables

Name: Pecan Sables
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 32
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 158 milliliters confectioners sugar; 1 large egg, separated; 296 milliliters all-purpose flour; 85 grams 3/4 cup pecans , toasted and cooled, plus about 32 pecan halves (3 oz); 1 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter, softened; 1 teaspoons vanilla

The recipe Pecan Sables could satisfy your Southern craving in approximately 2 hours. This vegetarian recipe serves 32. One serving contains 73 calories, 1g of protein, and 5g of fat. If you have pecans, confectioners sugar, egg, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325°F.

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Pulse toasted pecans with 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar in a food processor until finely ground.

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Powdered Sugar

Pecans

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Food Processor

Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

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Beat together butter, remaining 2/3 cup confectioners sugar, and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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Vanilla

Butter

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Add egg yolk and beat well.

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Add flour and ground-pecan mixture and mix at low speed until just combined, 30 seconds to 1 minute. (Dough will be crumbly but will hold together when squeezed.)

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Pecans

Halve dough and roll out 1 half between 2 sheets of wax paper until 1/4 inch thick (about a 9-inch round).

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Dough

Roll

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Wax Paper

Cut out as many rounds as possible with cookie cutter and arrange about 2 inches apart on buttered large baking sheets, reserving scraps.

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Cookie Cutter

Roll out and cut remaining dough in same manner. Gather scraps, then reroll and cut in same manner.

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Roll

Beat egg white until frothy, then brush tops of rounds lightly with egg white. Put a pecan half on top of each round, then brush pecan lightly with egg white.

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Egg Whites

Pecans

Bake cookies in middle of oven until tops are pale golden, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool cookies on sheets on racks 2 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

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Servings:

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baking powder 158milliliters

confectioners sugar 1large

egg, separated 296milliliters

all-purpose flour 85grams

3/4 cup pecans , toasted and cooled, plus about 32 pecan halves (3 oz)1teaspoons

salt 118milliliters

stick unsalted butter, softened 1teaspoons

vanilla

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Domaine Leseurre Dry Cuvee Classique Riesling with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 23 dollars per bottle.