Obie's Cookies

Recipe Credit

(cookie, pecans)

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 C butter
1 C sugar
1 egg, separated
2 C flour
2 tsp vanilla
1½ C thinly sliced pecans

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Cream together butter and sugar; add egg yolk, flour and vanilla.
3. Mix together and spread thinly on 2 9X15-inch cookie sheets using a small spatula and your fingers.
4. Beat egg white slightly and brush tops of mixture with it; then cover with chinly sliced pecans.
5. Bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
6. Cut into squares while warm. After cookies have cooled, store in airtight container.

Nutritional analyais per cookie:
77 Calories, 5 grams fat, 7 grams carbohydrates, 1 gram protein, 11 milligrams cholesterol, 32 milligrams sodium, trace dietary fiber, 60 percent of calories from fat.