Shortnin' Bread
From: Joyce,.CA

1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
12 pecan halves

Cream butter and sugar. Mix in flour, cornstarch, vanilla and chopped pecans. Shape dough into an 8" circle on ungreased baking sheet. Score into 12 wedges with knife. Decorate each wedge with a pecan half. Bake at 325 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until shortbread looks dry but is not brown. When cool, recut shortbread along scored lines.