Pecan Triangles

Name: Pecan Triangles
Yield: Makes 32 cookies
Ingredients: 20 tablespoons (2 1/2 sticks), unsalted butter, softened; 1/4 cup (1¾ ounces), granulated sugar; 1 large, egg; 1 1/4 cups (6¼ ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/3 cup packed (2⅓ ounces), light brown sugar; 1/3 cup, honey; 2 tablespoons, heavy cream; 1 1/2 cups, pecans, toasted and chopped

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2010

Desserts or Baked Goods

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Adapted from a 1970s White House recipe, if these cookies are good enough for the President, they are good enough for us.

SERVESMakes 32 cookies

TIME1¼ hours, plus 1⅓ hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Toasting the pecans for these Pecan Triangles before incorporating them into the recipe brought out their flavor. Slowly adding the cream to the caramel mixture reduced the risk of it splattering.

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