Kathie Oh's Recipe

Pecan Log cookies

Category: desserts

2 sticks of unsalted butter
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1/2 cup finely chopped Surratt Farms pecans
1/3 cup confectioners sugar

combine above ingredients in blender until incorporated and fluffy.

add:

2 cups of unbleached flour

blend until incorporated and dough is firm

scoop dough by large teaspoons and form into a log about 2" long by rolling dough between the palms of your hands.

Place on large cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. (usually can get entire batch on one sheet 5 across and 4 or rows down for a total of 20-25 cookies)

Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 18-22 minute or until bottoms of cookies are a golden brown.

cool completely on cookie rack

While cookies are cooling melt one bag of semi sweet OR milk chocolate chips in a bouble boiler. Take each cookie and dunk each end into the chocolate. Place cookies on wax paper.

Take 1/2 cup of finely chopped pecans and sprinkle them over the ends of each cookie. Refrigerate until chocolate is firmly set.