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Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread

Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Ingredients: wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched cornstarch nuts, pecans salt, table butter, without salt sugars, brown water, bottled, generic sugars, granulated Directions: Light...

Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread

Ingredients:
wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
cornstarch
nuts, pecans
salt, table
butter, without salt
sugars, brown
water, bottled, generic
sugars, granulated

Directions:
Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.
Combine flour and next 3 ingredients (through salt), stirring well with a whisk.
Place butter and brown sugar in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy (about 1 minute).
Gradually add flour mixture, beating at low speed.
(Mixture will appear crumbly.)
Sprinkle ice water over flour mixture; beat at low speed just until combined.
Shape the dough into 2 (6-inch-long) logs; wrap each log in plastic wrap.
Chill 1 hour or until very firm.Preheat oven to 350.Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
Unwrap dough; cut each log into 16 slices using a serrated knife.
Place dough circles 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheets.
Sprinkle tops evenly with turbinado sugar, gently pressing into dough.
Bake at 350 for 18 minutes or until lightly browned.
Remove from baking sheets; cool on a wire rack.