Pecan Sables Recipe

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Pecan Sables
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Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup pecans, toasted and cooled ,plus about (3oz)
  • 32 pecan halves (3 oz)
  • 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar , plus
  • 2 tbsp confectioners' sugar
  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp sea salt
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened ( plugra , or european butter should be used)
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  2. Pulse toasted pecans with 2 tablespoons confectioners sugar in a food processor until finely ground.
  3. Whisk together flour, salt, and baking powder in a bowl.
  4. Beat together butter, remaining 2/3 cup confectioners sugar, and vanilla in a bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
  5. Add egg yolk and beat well.
  6. Add flour and ground-pecan mixture and mix at low speed until just combined, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
  7. (Dough will be crumbly but will hold together when squeezed.) Halve dough and roll out 1 half between 2 sheets of wax paper until 1/4 inch thick (about a 9-inch round).
  8. Cut out as many rounds as possible with cookie cutter and arrange about 2 inches apart on buttered large baking sheets, reserving scraps.
  9. Roll out and cut remaining dough in same manner.
  10. Gather scraps, then reroll and cut in same manner.
  11. Beat egg white until frothy, then brush tops of rounds lightly with egg white.
  12. Put a pecan half on top of each round, then brush pecan lightly with egg white.
  13. Bake cookies in middle of oven until tops are pale golden, 15 to 20 minutes.
  14. Cool cookies on sheets on racks 2 minutes, then transfer to racks to cool completely.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 566.8 Kcal (2373 kJ)
Calories from fat 336.56 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 37.4g 58%
Cholesterol 71.67mg 24%
Sodium 209.04mg 9%
Potassium 186.34mg 4%
Total Carbs 55.34g 18%
Sugars 31.91g 128%
Dietary Fiber 3.34g 13%
Protein 6.71g 13%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 1.3mg 7%
Calcium 42.7mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 496.96 Kcal (2081 kJ)
Calories from fat 295.09 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32.79g 58%
Cholesterol 62.84mg 24%
Sodium 183.28mg 9%
Potassium 163.38mg 4%
Total Carbs 48.52g 18%
Sugars 27.97g 128%
Dietary Fiber 2.93g 13%
Protein 5.88g 13%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 1.1mg 7%
Calcium 37.4mg 4%

* 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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Weightwatchers Points

  • 13.8
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

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