Served as dessert. Vegetarian dish.

COOKIE DOUGH

1/4 cup Sugar

1 cup Butter (do not substitute magarine)

2 cups Flour

1 teaspoon Almond Extract

1/4 teaspoon Salt

1 cup finely chopped Pecans

ICING

1 cup powdered Sugar

1 teaspoon melted Butter

1 teaspoon Almond Extract

For cookies :- Cream butter and sugar . Beat in the flour , extract and salt. Stir in the pecans . Shape dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet . Make thumbprint in each cookie . Bake at 300 degrees for 20-30 minutes . Let cool . For Icing :- Mix all Icing ingredients and thin with a little milk if needed , to make a smooth icing . You may add a drop or two of food color to tint the icing . Fill cooled cookies with icing .

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Yields: 2 Dozens

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