Praline Cookies
Dessert should be sweet. Louisiana-harvested sugar cane finds its way into fruitcakes, candies and that special confection, the praline. Unfortunately, a perfect praline is tricky to make. Cooks can capture the butter and sugar flavor with a minimum of effort by preparing Praline Cookies.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup salted pecans, chopped
Cream butter and sugars in bowl of electric mixer or by hand. Add egg yolk and vanilla and blend in. Stir in flour and baking soda and blend well. Stir in nuts by hand.
Form dough into 9 balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheet. Flatten slightly. Bake at 350 degrees 15 minutes or until nicely browned. (Cookies may puff up in oven but will flatten when cool.) Allow to stand 5 minutes, then remove from baking sheet to wire rack to cool completely. Makes 9 cookies.
Note: Call it perverse, but I think these cookies taste great frozen (and last longer too).
First published Feb. 2, 1996
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