Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   2 1/2  cups          sugar
   2      cups          butter
   2                    eggs; large
   4      cups          flour; unbleached -- unsifted
   1                    egg white; large -- beaten
                        sugar
                        cinnamon
                        pecan; halves

Preparation:

Cream sugar and butter. Beat in 2 eggs. Gradually blend in the flour. Chill dough overnight. Roll as thin as possible on well floured board. Work with 1/4 of the dough at a time. Keep remaining dough chilled. Cut into diamonds with a knife. Place on greased cookie sheets. Brush each cookie with beaten egg white. Sprinkle with sugar and a pinch of cinnamon. Place a pecan half in center of each cookie. Bake in preheated 350F oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are light brown. Cool on cookie sheets 1 minute, then remove to wire racks. Store in airtight tins.