PECAN PIE COOKIES

1 cup brown sugar

¾ cup softened butter

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

Filling:

1 cup chopped pecans

½ cups brown sugar

¼ cup heavy cream

1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350°. 

Combine all cookie ingredients except flour and baking powder.

Beat until creamy. 

Add flour and baking powder, mix until well blended. 

Shape dough into 1 ¼ inch balls. 

Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. 

Make indentation in each ball with thumb, rotate thumb to hollow out slightly. 

Combine all filling ingredients in a bowl. 

Fill each cookie with a 1/2 tsp of filling. 

Bake 8 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. 

Makes three dozen.

**Note: This recipe is weird. In order to get the dough to filling ratio to work out you need two batches of the dough and 1 1/2 batches of the filling.