These crumbly biscuits are very moreish. They are very crumbly indeed and make the ideal after-meal nibbles or an accompaniment to ice creams and parfaits. The recipe I devised from a dinner party I had with a friend some 10 years ago, where the host had made these delicious biscuits. The biscuits can be made substituting any nut, but pecans are the best.
Ingredients
- 125 g soft salted butter
- 70 g unrefined caster sugar
- 150 g plain flour, sieved
- 150 g pecans, ground
- 2.5 ml vanilla powder or extract
- unrefined icing sugar, to dredge
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 150C 300F Gas 2. Grease a baking sheet.
- Cream the butter and caster sugar together until pale and creamy. Mix in the flour, ground pecans and vanilla essence or extract and mix to a firm paste. Wrap in cling film and chill well.
- Break off into small amounts of the chilled mixture and roll into small balls the size of a large marble.
- Place on the greased baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes. The biscuits will spread only very slightly but will burn if overcooked due to the amount of sugar and oil from the nuts.
- Remove the tray from the oven, dust the biscuits liberally with icing sugar and leave to cool completely before trying to lift them off the tray as they are very fragile.
- Store in an airtight container.
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Nutrition Facts
Crumbly Pecan Biscuits
Amount per Serving
Calories
92
% Daily Value*
Fat
7
g
11
%
Saturated Fat
2
g
13
%
Trans Fat
1
g
Cholesterol
9
mg
3
%
Sodium
30
mg
1
%
Potassium
27
mg
1
%
Carbohydrates
7
g
2
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
3
g
3
%
Protein
1
g
2
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
