butter pecan cookies

Name: Butter Pecan Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 3/4 cup(s) pecans, toasted and chopped; 1/2 cup(s) butter, unsalted - room temperature; 1/3 cup(s) sugar, plus more for coating; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) all purpose flour

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132 Pinches

Kathleen Taylor

Perham, MN

Updated on Aug 4, 2010

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

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prep time 15 Min

cook time 15 Min

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yield 1 Dozen

Ingredients

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

How To Make butter pecan cookies

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool completely; finely chop.

Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 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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