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.
But do I really need to say anything more to you than that?
I really didn’t think so.
Adapted from Shutterbean.
Pecan Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups pecan halves plus extra for garnish (about 2 dozen)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- Powdered sugar for dusting
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.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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.
Just hide ’em behind the cow in the freezer. He’ll never know.
COOOOKIES. Gimme.
(also, yes, this post is freakishly similar to mine! great minds… can’t think of anything to write ;))
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!
I’m so impressed you waited this long! Better self control than I have. 😉
sometimes that’s all ya need to say!
I’m sold 🙂 But I’ll have to eat six, just to be postive they taste like pecan pie. Can’t be too careful with these things.
Oh, I wouldn’t want you to be too cautious with that. 😉
Oh my; these look fantastic – why oh why must I food blog search at 2am!
I do the same thing! It’s how I end up doing things like baking cookies late at night. 😛
I know that feel, only last night it was steak and mushroom sauce, tonight crepes!
Yeah, that really is all you needed to say! lol
I hope you will link up this wonderful recipe and others at my Foodie Friday Blog Hop at A Room for Two with a View. I know my readers would love it!
Have a fantastic Foodie Friday and a wonderful weekend!
Melissa
Umm, I’m convinced! Actually the title and the photos were enough but I laughed at your description 🙂 These look so good!
I just want to pluck the top cookie off the stack in the first picture! Yummmm 🙂
This sounds amazing!
Sometimes it’s best to keep things simple – just eat these! Lol
I am in love with these!
Pecan pie in a cookie? Yes, yes and YES!
I love cookies. These look so good. My husband is a pecan pie freak. This recipe has to be a good match for us!!
love these cookies. They are packed with so much pecan!
These are gorgeous! Can’t wait to try them!
This is creative! Perfect for all those pecan pie lovers!
Is something left out of this recipe printed? Too soft – could not roll. They came out like a meringue and not firm.