English Toffee Cookies

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 24
• 1 cup butter (at room temperature)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg, separated
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup pecan halves or 1 cup walnut halves

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl with a mixer, beat butter with sugar until smoothly blended.
• 2 beat in egg yolk.
• 3 add flour to butter mixture.
• 4 beat until well mixed.
• 5 evenly press dough into buttered and floured 10- by 15-inch pan.
• 6 in a bowl with a fork, beat egg to blend.
• 7 spread over dough with pastry brush.
• 8 sprinkle chopped nuts over dough, then press them in.
• 9 bake in a 275° f oven until golden brown, about 45 minutes.
• 10 cut while hot into 1 1/2-inch squares.
• 11 use a small spatula to lift from pan.
• 12 let cool.
• 13 serve or store airtight up to 4 days, or freeze to store longer.