---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Mexican Praline Cookies
 Categories: Cookies
      Yield: 42 Cookies
 
      1 c  Light brown sugar; packed
      2    Unsalted butter; softened
      1 lg Egg yolk
    1/2 ts Cinnamon
    1/8 ts Salt
      2 c  Flour
      1 c  Pecans; toasted,
           - finely chopped
      2 tb Confectioner's sugar
 
  Preheat oven to 350°F. Place rack in center of oven. In a mixer,
  cream the sugar and butter until smooth. Mix in the egg yolk,
  cinnamon, and salt. Add the flour and mix well. Add chopped pecans
  and mix until just blended.

  Take 2 tb dough, and roll into a ball. Place on ungreased baking
  sheet 2" apart. Cookies will spread slightly when baked. Bake until
  edges begin to turn brown, about 22 minutes. Remove from oven and
  cool completely onn wire rack. To serve sprinkle tops with
  confectioners' sugar, pressed through fine sieve.

  Note:

  To toast pecans, preheat oven to 350°F. Spread pecans in single
  layer on baking sheet. Bake on middle rack until color deepens and
  they smell fragrant, 7 to 10 minutes. Watch carefully so they do
  not burn.
 
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