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Pecan Cookies

I’ve been sitting here staring at the above photo for hours now, waiting for inspiration to strike.

I’ve walked away from it and come back to it multiple times. I’ve taken breaks to bake bread, work out, chat on the phone with a friend. Still nothing.

The thing is, I just can’t come up with anything more compelling to say to you today than this: Make the danged cookies, they taste like pecan pie.

Pecan Cookies

But do I really need to say anything more to you than that?

I really didn’t think so.

Pecan Cookies

Adapted from Shutterbean.

Pecan Cookies

3.75 from 4 votes
Servings24

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside.
  • Place 1 1/2 cups of pecan halves in a food processor. Pulse until coarsely ground, but be sure not to process for too long - you don't want the nuts to turn into a paste. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, stir together the sugar and melted butter. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, then add the ground pecans and the flour. Mix well.
  • To form the cookies, scoop out 1 tablespoon of dough and roll it into a ball, then flatten slightly into a round cookie. Place cookies on the prepared baking sheets, spacing about 2 inches apart. Lightly press a pecan half into the center of each cookie.
  • Bake 9-11 minutes, until lighten golden around the edges. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes on the baking sheet before moving to a cooling rack to cool completely. Once cool, dust with powdered sugar.
  • Cookies will keep for up to a week in an airtight container, or longer in the freezer...not that they'll last that long.
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23 Comments

  1. So. you’re telling me that I could make these and hoard them in the freezer and it would be like having a piece of pecan pie every day for a few weeks? Assuming, of course, that I don’t tell anyone that I made them. I’m in.

  2. Apparently we’re on the same wavelength because i had mondo writer’s block last night….I was trying to write for like 3 hours. At that point, I should just make it a picture show with a recipe card. No words. Your pecan pie cookies would make me speechless too!

    As a side note, I’m taking pictures of the naner loaf this morning and then G and I get to dive in. The suspense is kiiiiiilling me!

  3. 1 star
    Is something left out of this recipe printed? Too soft – could not roll. They came out like a meringue and not firm.

3.75 from 4 votes

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