Pecan Blue Cheese Crackers

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== Description ==
Contributed by Jenn B aka Mom2Sam and Tiny at World Recipes Y-Group
* Each log makes about 45 crackers
== Ingredients ==
* 1½ cups pecan halves
* 1 large egg
* 1 stick (½ cup) unsalted butter, softened
* ½ pound Saga blue cheese, softened
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
== Directions ==
# In a preheated 350°F oven toast ½ cup pecans, about 7 minutes, and cool.
# Finely chop toasted pecans and separate egg. 
# In a bowl with a fork cream butter and Saga blue until smooth. 
# Add egg yolk, stirring until combined well. 
# Add flour and chopped pecans and stir until mixture just forms a dough.
# Halve dough and on separate sheets of wax paper form each half into a 12- by 1¼-inch log, using wax paper as a guide. 
# Freeze logs, wrapped in wax paper, just until firm, about 30 minutes.
# Preheat oven to 375°F and lightly grease 2 large baking sheets.
# Cut logs crosswise into ¼-inch-thick slices and arrange slices about ½ inch apart on baking sheets. 
# Top each cracker with a remaining pecan half, pressing slightly into dough. 
# Brush tops of crackers, including pecans, with lightly beaten egg white. 
# Bake crackers in batches, if necessary, in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until golden brown, about 12 minutes total. 
# With a spatula transfer crackers to paper towels to blot and transfer to a rack to cool.
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