Maple-Pecan Swirls

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2003

Rolling out cookie dough is a sticky business. Most recipes add excess flour, and the resulting cookies are tough. Could we make tender, crispy cookies that roll out easily?

SERVESMakes about 48 cookies

TIME1 hour, plus 20 minutes

Maple-Pecan Swirls

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In our search for a holiday cookie recipe that would yield cookies sturdy enough to decorate yet tender enough to eat, we started with the fat and found the right amount of butter to give the cookies great flavor without making them greasy....

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