Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE PECAN SHORTBREAD I

Category: Cookies

1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder and confectioners sugar
1 cup unsalted sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup ground pecans

Preheat oven to 350. Grease a baking sheet well. Place dry ingredients in a food processor. Turn the machine on and slowly add the butter, 2 tbsp at a time. Add the vanilla and process until the dough forms a ball on top of the blades.

In the palms of your hands, roll the dough into circles about 1/2 inch thick. Place on the prepared baking sheet and press each circle of dough down with the bottom of a glass until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Sprinkle the dough with sugar and pecans. Press again to flatten.

Bake the cookies until brown, about 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet before serving. Note: Good with the bottoms of the cookies dipped in melted chocolate. Place on wax paper with the chocolate on the waxed paper until hardened.