Maple Pecan Thumbprints

Name: Maple Pecan Thumbprints
Ingredients: 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened; 2/3 cup sugar; 1 tablespoon vanilla; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans; 1 Land O Lakes Egg (white only), slightly beaten; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 3 tablespoons Land O Lakes Butter, softened; 2 tablespoons Land O Lakes Half & Half or Fat Free Half & Half; 3/4 teaspoon maple extract

11 ingredients

15 steps

Ingredients

1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
2/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans
1 Land O Lakes Egg (white only), slightly beaten
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons Land O Lakes Butter, softened
2 tablespoons Land O Lakes Half & Half or Fat Free Half & Half
3/4 teaspoon maple extract

Directions

1

Heat oven to 375F.
2

Combine 1 cup butter, sugar and vanilla in bowl.
3

Beat at medium speed until creamy.
4

Add flour and salt; beat at low speed until mixture forms a dough.
5

Place pecans into bowl.
6

Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 1-inch balls.
7

Dip each ball in beaten egg white; roll in pecans.
8

Place 1 inch apart onto greased cookie sheets.
9

Make indentation in center of each cookie with thumb or back of teaspoon.
10

Bake 11-13 minutes or until very lightly browned and set.
11

Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet; remove to cooling rack.
12

Cool completely.
13

Combine powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, half & half and maple extract in bowl.
14

Beat at low speed until smooth.
15

Fill center of each cooled cookie with 1/2 teaspoon frosting.