Peanut Sitting Pretties

Peanut Sitting Pretties

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg white, slightly beaten
1 cup pecans, finely chopped
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups confectioner's sugarmilk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup peanut M&M's

Cream 1/2 cup butter with brown sugar. Stir in egg yolk and teaspoon of vanilla. Stir together flour and salt and stir into butter mixture well; chill one hour. Make 1" balls, dip into egg white, then roll in chopped pecans. Place on cookie sheet, and bake at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and press thumb quickly into each cookie to make an indentation, then bake 5 minutes longer. Cool completely on wire racks.

Mix together 1/4 cup butter with confectioner's sugar, vanilla, and enough milk to make a spreadable icing. This can be tinted if you'd like. Ice the center of each cookie, and press an M&M into each.

Makes 2 1/2 to 3 dozen