Pecan crisps

1½ sifted Gold Medal flour
1 cup sugar
¾ tsp salt
½ cup soft
shortening
1 egg, separated
3 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup pecans,
finely chopped

Sift flour, sugar salt into bowl. Mix in thoroughly with fork shortening, egg yolk, milk, vanilla. Form into balls size of small walnut. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Press 1/16" thick with bottom of greased glass dipped in sugar. Brush with slightly beaten egg white. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake in quick moderate oven 375 deg for 8-10 min. Do not overbake. Yield about 5 dozen.

- Vera Trimpe Kuebbing, Ft Mitchell KY