Spicy fall shortbread and pecan slices

I placed a tray on the table in the middle of a room full of 40 people sipping wine like it was water, some still eating my prepared plate of pâté en croute, piassaladière and squash salad, and walked away wondering if someone was even going to take them, as wine lovers do not love to mix wine with sweets, yet, when I turned around five minutes later, the tray, so generously packed before, was empty. I looked around, and people smiled at me. That is how good these are. Pure gold, to my and many others' taste. 

This is my dearest fall version, but there is another one a but lighter and as good as this.