Grandma Erickson’s Toffee Squares

1 cup butter

1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans
1 egg white

1. Cream the butter, sugar, egg yolk and vanilla.
2. Add the dry ingredients.
3. Place mixture in a greased 11 x 16 inch pan and press flat with wet hands.
4. Cover entire mixture with wax paper and place another pan over it and press down.
5. Remove paper.
6. Brush top well with slightly beaten egg white.
7. Sprinkle chopped pecans over egg whites and press down.
8. Bake at 325 degrees about 35 to 40 minutes.
9. Cut at once into  1” x 1 ½ “ rectangles.