• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• ¼ teaspoon sea salt
• 2 egg whites; slightly beaten
• 1½ cups pecan pieces; finely chopped
• 1 recipe Tinted Frosting

1. Preheat oven to 375ºF.
2. Combine butter, add sugar gradually; beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Blend in flour and salt; chill.
3. Shape level teaspoonfuls of dough into rounds; dip in egg white, then roll in the pecans. Put on greased cookie sheets.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven; make a depression in center of each cookie.
5. Return to oven; continue baking for about 10 minutes longer. Cool and fill centers with tinted butter frosting.

Makes 6 dozen

Tinted Frosting

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; softened
• 1½ cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Red food coloring
• Green food coloring

1. Combine butter, sugar, cream and vanilla. Mix well.
2. Divide mixture in half.
3. Color one portion with red food coloring; the other with green food coloring.