Pecan Blue Cheese Crackers

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

 * 1) In a preheated 350°F oven toast ½ cup pecans, about 7 minutes, and cool.
 * 2) Finely chop toasted pecans and separate egg.
 * 3) In a bowl with a fork cream butter and Saga blue until smooth.
 * 4) Add egg yolk, stirring until combined well.
 * 5) Add flour and chopped pecans and stir until mixture just forms a dough.
 * 6) 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.
 * 7) Freeze logs, wrapped in wax paper, just until firm, about 30 minutes.
 * 8) Preheat oven to 375°F and lightly grease 2 large baking sheets.
 * 9) Cut logs crosswise into ¼-inch-thick slices and arrange slices about ½ inch apart on baking sheets.
 * 10) Top each cracker with a remaining pecan half, pressing slightly into dough.
 * 11) Brush tops of crackers, including pecans, with lightly beaten egg white.
 * 12) 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.
 * 13) With a spatula transfer crackers to paper towels to blot and transfer to a rack to cool.