Chocolate Pecan Batons

I was looking for an easy but elegant cookie that included walnuts or pecans to serve with this maple mousse – Alice Medrich to the rescue!

This recipe called for phyllo dough sheets, brushed with melted butter, sprinkled with a ground sugar-pecan-chocolate filling and rolled into cigar shapes and baked until crispy. The filling amount sprinkled on the dough seemed very sparse, but once each cookie was folded and rolled – each sheet yielded 4 - there was the right amount in every bite.

The little pastries were just what I was looking for…….buttery, crispy, and not too sweet. Delicious!