Pecan Shortbread
Published June 1, 2022
- Total Time
- 1 hour, plus cooling
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Ingredients
- 1½cups/340 grams salted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes
- ¾cup/160 grams granulated sugar
- ½teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½teaspoon ground cardamom
- 3½cups/448 grams all-purpose flour
- 1½cups/179 grams toasted, chopped pecans
- Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
Nutritional analysis per serving (10 servings)
599 calories; 41 grams fat; 19 grams saturated fat; 1 gram trans fat; 14 grams monounsaturated fat; 5 grams polyunsaturated fat; 54 grams carbohydrates; 3 grams dietary fiber; 18 grams sugars; 7 grams protein; 220 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Put butter, sugar, vanilla and cardamom in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally.
- Step 2
Carefully add flour and pecans, and mix a few minutes more, at low speed at first, then medium, until dough comes together. Remove dough and knead for 1 minute. Press dough into a 9-inch square cake pan. (Alternatively, press into a 9-inch fluted French tart pan with a removable bottom.)
- Step 3
Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes. Let cool and cut into squares, bars or wedges with a serrated knife while still slightly warm. Store in a tin until needed. To serve, arrange on a plate and dust with confectioners’ sugar.
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Comments
Salted butter is key! The toasted nuts overpower the cardamom, so if you're looking to get more of the cardamom flavor, I'd increase to 1tsp at least. I made this in a 8x8 inch square pan and the cookies were nice and thick and held together perfectly. My new go-to shortbread recipe!
Yes on the salted butter. Didn’t have it, so added a healthy 3/4t of salt. Also amped up the cardamom, because I am a fan, and added some grated lemon rind. The tasters are raving. A keeper.
In her recipe for Buttery Almond Cookies, Melissa Clark has a tip to add 1/4 tsp of salt when the recipe calls for 1 cup of salted butter and you only have unsalted butter. This recipe uses 1 1/2 cups salted butter so I guess you would need 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp of salt when using unsalted butter.
Okay, so I changed a lot. Used cinnamon instead of cardamom (doubled as the comments suggest). Used about half whole wheat flour. Cut the recipe in half. That half recipe fit perfectly into the French tart pan. Was done in about 35 minutes. Tastes great.
Absolutely delicious! I read another person’s comments about using a 9x13 pan and this worked perfectly. I cut the baking time to 40 minutes and added 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 teaspoon cardamom. I cut them while warm, put them on a wire rack, and dusted with powdered sugar. Easy, delicious, and super simple to make.
It’s Swedish Skorpa, just made into a disk instead of a low loaf and sliced like biscotti! Addictive and wonderful dipped in a wee espresso.
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