Frosted Pecan Cuplets

Ingredients

1 c butter
1 c sugar
2 egg yolks
2 ts vanilla
2 c flour
1/4 ts salt
2 egg whites
1 1/2 c pecans
1 frosting
3 tb butter
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
3 tb 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 375 degrees for 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. ----