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Pecan-Shortbread Trees

Butter, flour and sugar come together to create rich, delicate cookies.

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Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 1 hr 15 min
Servings 32

Ingredients

1: cup butter, softened

2/3: cup powdered sugar

1/2: teaspoon vanilla

5: drops green food color

1 3/4: cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1/2: cup coarsely chopped pecans

32: pecan halves

3/4: cup white vanilla baking chips

: Granulated sugar, if desired

32: yellow decorating stars, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 325°F. Spray or lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets. In large bowl, beat butter and powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and food color. On low speed, beat in flour just until mixed. Stir in chopped pecans.
2 Divide dough into 4 equal parts; shape each into ball. Place 2 balls of dough on each cookie sheet, on opposite ends. With rolling pin or floured fingers, gently flatten and shape each ball into 6-inch circle. With large knife, divide and cut each round into 8 wedges, slightly separating each cut with knife. Poke tops of wedges with fork, and place 1 pecan half in middle of each outer edge to make tree trunk.
3 Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until firm but not brown. While still warm, cut into wedges again. Cool completely on cookie sheets, about 30 minutes.
4 Place cooled tree wedges on cooling racks or waxed paper. Place baking chips in small resealable freezer plastic bag. Microwave on High 40 to 60 seconds, turning bag over after 30 seconds. Squeeze bag gently until chips are melted and smooth. Cut small tip off one corner of bag, and drizzle side to side over wedges to make tree garland. Sprinkle with sugar Top each tree with star.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

After the holiday season, make these cookies without the food color, pecan "trunks" and stars.

If using paste food color, you need only a small amount to get a nice green color.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 160
Calories from Fat: 100),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 11g; 11%
(Saturated Fat 6g, 6% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 65mg; 65%;
Total Carbohydrate: 15g; 15%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 9g 9% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 0%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 12/19/2011 2:28:26 PM REPORT ABUSE alex109 said:

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I made these with my grandma and they turned out so cute we will be making these again next year :)

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Posted 12/8/2011 7:46:36 PM REPORT ABUSE lolibee1 said:

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I have done these every year for past 3-4 years for xmas now. I use the white chocolate to drizzle like the pic and add those white pearl candies as elegant decorations along with a star topper. They look so beautiful and everyone loves the taste. It is hard to find a "pretty" cookie that tastes as good as it looks and this one is! Thanks so much for this A+ recipe

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