Nut Shortbread crusts Recipe

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Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup pecans
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter or margarine
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 6 tart pans (4 1/2 in. wide ) with removable rims

Directions:

  1. In a food processor, mince 1/3 cup pecans with 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour and 1/4 cup sugar. Add 1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter or margarine, in chunks, and whirl until fine crumbs form. Add 1 large egg yolk and whirl until dough holds together. (Or mince nuts with a knife, then put in a bowl. Rub in flour, butter, and sugar until fine crumbs form; then, with a fork, mix in yolk. Pat into a ball.) In 6 tart pans (4 1/2 in. wide) with removable rims, or an 11-inch tart pan, press dough evenly over bottom and up sides, flush with rims.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2937.1 Kcal (12297 kJ)
Calories from fat 2232.07 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 248.01g 382%
Cholesterol 673.51mg 225%
Sodium 100.45mg 4%
Potassium 622.26mg 13%
Total Carbs 160.18g 53%
Sugars 32.52g 130%
Dietary Fiber 11.71g 47%
Protein 32.2g 64%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 1%
Vitamin A 2.3mg 76%
Iron 4.9mg 27%
Calcium 162.4mg 16%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 542.82 Kcal (2273 kJ)
Calories from fat 412.52 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 45.84g 382%
Cholesterol 124.48mg 225%
Sodium 18.56mg 4%
Potassium 115mg 13%
Total Carbs 29.6g 53%
Sugars 6.01g 130%
Dietary Fiber 2.17g 47%
Protein 5.95g 64%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 76%
Iron 0.9mg 27%
Calcium 30mg 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 78.6
    Points
  • 83
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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