Pecan Shortbread

 Ingredients

3/4 pound unsalted butter at room temperature
1 cup sugar
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp pure almond extract
3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup small diced pecans

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream butter and sugar. Add extracts
3. Add flour and salt and mix.
4. Stir in pecan pieces.
5. Dump onto a floured surface and shape into a circle. Wrap in plastic and chill 30 minutes
6. Roll the chilled dough to 1/2 inch thick and cut into any shape you like.
7. Bake on ungreased baking sheet for 20-25 minutes until edges brown.
8. Cool to room temperature.