Ingredients

1 pound butter, browned (2 cups) (reserve 1/2 cup browned butter for frosting)
2 cups brown sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cups flour
1 cup pecans, chopped (2/3 cup if measuring chopped pecans)

1/2 cup reserved browned butter
2 tsp. vanilla
3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup hot water

Directions

Mix sugar, salt and butter thoroughly. Add egg and vanilla and beat till fluffy. Sift flour, baking powder, soda and cinnamon and add to mixture. Chill well, several hours, or overnight.

For the glaze, mix the confectioners sugar, egg white, butter, salt, vanilla and food coloring together until smooth.

Roll the dough out until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into fancy shapes and bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes at 350F. Let cool and glaze.