Rosemary Pecan Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons butter or 8 tablespoons margarine, room temp
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup ground pecans, toasted
• 12 pecan halves (to garnish)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light.
• 3 with mixer on low speed add flour, ground pecans, salt, vanilla and rosemary and mix well. dough will be crumbly.
• 4 fill 12 cups of muffin tin with dough patting the dough firmly into each cup with your fingers.
• 5 put muffin tin in refrigerator for 20-30 minutes.
• 6 optional: with a skewer or chopstick mark each cookie with a decorative pattern.
• 7 place one pecan half in the center of each cookie.
• 8 bake 15-20 minutes or until centers are firm to the touch and edges are golden brown.