Maple Pecan Buttons

These maple pecan buttons simply melt in your mouth! They also make perfect little gifts.

Thank you Sarit for this recipe!

Serves: 35-40 pecan buttons

Prep Time: 40 min

Cooking Time: 20 min

Total:  60 min

Ingredients

200 g butter or vegan butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tbsp. maple syrup
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
pinch of salt
200 g pecans, coarsely ground
about 2 cups powdered icing sugar, to coat

Directions

1. In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, sugar, maple syrup and vanilla.
2. Add flour and salt, mixing until a dough begins to form.
3. Add pecans and stir to combine. Form dough into a disk and wrap in plastic. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4. Shape teaspoonfuls of dough into little 1 1/2 inch balls. Place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 340 F for 20 minutes, or until the bottom of the button is light golden.
5. Allow to cool on a wire rack and then coat in powdered sugar.
6. Store in an airtight container.