Frosted Pecan Cuplets

Ingredients

230 gr butter
200 gr sugar
2 egg yolks
8 gr vanilla
250 gr flour
1 gr salt
2 egg whites
200 gr pecans
1 frosting
45 gr butter
300 gr powdered sugar
45 ml cream
1 food coloring green food coloring

Instructions

Combine butter, add sugar gradually; beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Blend in flour and salt; chill. Shape level teaspoonfuls of dough into rounds; dip in egg white, then roll in the pecans. Put on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 190ÂșC or 5 minutes. Remove from oven; make a depression in center of each cookie. Return to oven; bake about 10 minutes longer. Cool and fill centers with tinted butter frosting. Makes 6 dozen. To make tinted frosting, combine butter, sugar, cream and vanilla. Mix well. Divide mixture in half. Color one portion with red food coloring; the other with green food coloring. ----