Busters Recipes

Maple Pecan Thumbprints
  
  Cookie:
  1 cup butter, softened
  2/3 cup sugar
  1 tbsp vanilla
  2 1/4 cups flour
  1/4 tsp salt
  1 egg white, slightly beaten
  1 1/4 cups finely chopped pecans
  
  Frosting:
  1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  3 tbsp butter, softened
  2 tbsp half-and-half, or milk
  3/4 tsp maple extract
  
  Heat oven to 375 F.  Grease cookie sheets.  Combine 1 cup butter, sugar, and vanilla in a large bowl.  Beat at medium speed until creamy.  Reduce speed to low.  Add the flour and salt.  Beat until well mixed and mixture forms dough.  Shape rounded teaspoonfuls of dough into 1 inch balls.  Dip each ball in the beaten egg white.  Roll in the pecans.  Place one inch apart onto prepared cookie sheets.  Make indentation in the center of each cookie with thumb or back of a teaspoon.  Bake for 11 to 13 minutes or until very light brown and set.  Cool completely.  Combine powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons butter, half-and-half or milk, and maple extract in a small bowl.  Beat at low speed until smooth.  Fill the center of each cookie with 1/2 tsp of frosting.  Yield: about 4 1/2 dozen