Apple Butter Beauties

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup toasted wheat germ
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup apple butter

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• cream the butter with the yolk and vanilla.
• place the sugar and the pecans in a food processor and grind to a fine texture. add the wheat germ, flour, and the salt and process again just to mix. add the pecan mixture to the butter mixture.
• roll this dough into balls a little more than 1 inch in diameter. place on ungreased sheets about 2 inches apart. using your thumb, make a dent in the top of each ball.
• bake until a little brown , 15-20 minutes. when they come from the oven, use a spoon or another tool to open the dent you made ( it tends to close during baking). let rest on the sheet for about 4 minutes and then remove to a rack. cool completely. spoon the apple butter into the indents and serve.