Maple Pecan Teacakes

• 1 cup Land O Lakes Butter, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg (yolk only)
• 1 teaspoon maple flavoring
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
• 1/4 cup Land O Lakes Butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• 2 to 3 tablespoons Land O Lakes Half & Half or Fat Free Half & Half
• Finely chopped pecans, if desired

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine 1 cup butter and sugar in bowl; beat at medium speed until creamy.
3. Add egg yolk and maple flavoring; continue beating until well mixed.
4. Beat at low speed, gradually adding flour and pecans until mixture forms dough and is no longer crumbly.
5. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
6. Place 1 inch apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake 9-11 minutes or until cookies puff and start to turn light golden brown.
8. (Cookies may crack.)
9. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheets; remove to cooling rack.
10. Cool completely.
11. Melt 1/4 cup butter in 1-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat.
12. Continue cooking, stirring constantly and watching closely, 3-5 minutes or until butter just starts to turn golden.
13. Immediately remove from heat.
14. Cool 3 minutes.
15. Add all remaining frosting ingredients; beat with whisk, adding enough half & half for desired consistency.
16. Dip tops of cooled cookies into frosting; sprinkle with chopped pecans, if desired.

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Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/3036/maple-pecan-teacakes (may not work)