Crinkly Crackly Toasted Pecan Ginger Cookies

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients:

1 cup

pecan halves (finely chopped (I just pulse them a few times in my food processor, chop them fairly fine, but don't turn them into pecan dust.))

2 tsp

butter (melted)

1/2 cup

butter (softened)

1/4 cup

vegetable shortening (at room temperature)

1 cup

sugar

large egg

1/4 cup

molasses

2 cups

all-purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp

baking soda

1 tsp

ground cinnamon

1 tsp

ground ginger

1/2 tsp

ground cloves

1/4 tsp

ground nutmeg

1/2 tsp

salt

3 tbsp

finely chopped crystalized ginger

1/2 cup

demera sugar (for rolling)