Southern Belle Seduced Mamoul

To compensate for my lack of participation in January's Sugar High Friday, I found an opportunity to adapt a quick recipe I'd flagged to try ages ago. A magazine was running Nick Malgieri's Pistachio-Filled Butter Cookies (Mamoul).

It was a rainy day and I quickly swapped out pistachios for Southern pecans and then blended a little cardamom and freshly grated nutmeg into the powdered sugar on top. Voila: Southern Belle Seduced Mamoul.

Perverting gourmet chef ethnic recipes- now that's what I call fun!