Frosted Pecan Cuplets

1 c Butter

1 c Sugar

2 Egg yolks

1 ts Vanilla

2 c Flour

1/4 ts Salt

2 Egg whites; slightly beaten

1 1/2 c Pecans; finely chopped

Frosting: 3 tb Butter; softened

1 1/2 c Powdered sugar

3 tb Cream

1 ts Vanilla

Red food coloring Green food coloring

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.
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