Sherry Butter Nut Drops

Recipe courtesy Dan Smith and Steve McDonagh

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Total Time:
55 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
90 cookies
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 1 3/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
  • 3 1/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup dry sherry
  • 1 cup ground pecans
  • 2 egg whites, beaten
  • Pecan halves, optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Cream the butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine the flour and salt. Mix the flour into the butter mixture, alternating with the sherry, making sure to finish with the flour. Stir in the ground pecans.

Drop by the teaspoonful onto a cookie sheet and roll each portion between your palms to make smooth, even balls. Press each one into the cookie sheet and brush with beaten egg white. Using a fork, knife or another tool, press a design into the top of each cookie, or press a pecan half, right side up, into each ball or dough. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven, let cool a few minutes and remove to a wire rack to cool completely.

Cool and let cookies sit overnight to ripen. Serve or store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

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  • on December 21, 2010

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    These taste really good, but totally only needs about 15 min of cooking if you are using a mini-cookie scooper and even less if you are doing the tsp full. I found that using a fork was easier for pressing the lines in the dough than a knife, but either way I wasn't very good at it and mostly stuck with putting the pecans in the center, which looks very cute.

    The cookies taste wonderful though!! I absolutely love the ground pecans, it makes all the difference.

    Good luck to the next person, and if you find a better way to cut the design, please post it!

    Merry Xmas!!

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  • on November 18, 2010

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    These have become a "must make" every Christmas! They are so easy, and so good! Second year I have made them, and they come out perfect every time! I love the buttery, nutty taste, and they are so pretty! I use they pecan halves on top for a cute presentation.

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  • on December 02, 2009

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    Way to much of a butter taste. I would suggest cutting the butter ingredient in half. That much butter should not be needed, it ruins the flavor.

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