butter pecan cookies

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Kathleen Taylor
Perham, MN

These delicate, buttery cookies, which get their crunchy texture from toasted pecans and sugar coating, pratically melt in your mouth.

(2 ratings)
yield 1 Dozen
prep time 15 Min
cook time 15 Min

Ingredients For butter pecan cookies

  • 3/4 c
    pecans, toasted and chopped
  • 1/2 c
    butter, unsalted - room temperature
  • 1/3 c
    sugar, plus more for coating
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1/8 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    all purpose flour

How To Make butter pecan cookies

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool completely; finely chop.
  • 2
    With an electric mixer, cream butter and 1/3 cup sugar until light, about 1 minute. Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans.
  • 3
    Separate dough into 12 pieces; squeeze dough to shape into balls. Roll in sugar. Place, 3 inches apart, on a baking sheet. Gently flatten with the bottom of a glass (reshape sides if necessary). Sprinkle with sugar.
  • 4
    Bake until golden brown, rotating sheet halfway through, about 15 minutes. Sprinkle with more sugar. Cool cookies on a wire rack.

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