holiday cookies

Maple pecan teacakes

1 cups butter
1/2 cup powdered sugar
11/2 cups ground pecans
3 Tb maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp salt
2 cup ap flour

Cream butter and sugar until smooth then add in nuts and blend. Add in the flour, salt, vanilla and maple continue mixing until smooth. This can be done by hand if you let the butter come to room temperature or in a kitchen aid mixer if the butter is still cold. Scoop the dough into ball with an ice cream scoop or form them into little balls by hand. Bake at 350 until golden brown. when cool toss with powdered sugar in a plastic bag until well coated. Different nuts can always be substituted for the pecans if you have something else on hand.I used to make a pistachio and rosewater teacake using this recipe when I was the pastry chef at Vios.