Recipe: Pecan shortbread cookies | Style at Home

Name: Recipe: Pecan shortbread cookies | Style at Home
Ingredients: 3/4 cup pecans, roughly chopped; 10 tablespoons (11/4 sticks) unsalted butter, preferably high-fat, at room temperature; ½ cup confectioners’ sugar; ½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped out, bean and seeds reserved; ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 11/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling; 1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten; 3 tablespoons Demerara sugar

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Using both vanilla bean and vanilla extract gives these buttery, nut-filled cookies a rich, round character.

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Ingredients

3/4 cup pecans, roughly chopped
10 tablespoons (11/4 sticks) unsalted butter, preferably high-fat, at room temperature
½ cup confectioners’ sugar
½ vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped out, bean and seeds reserved
½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon kosher salt
11/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling
1 large egg yolk, lightly beaten
3 tablespoons Demerara sugar