Butter Pecan Cookies
From chef_irish 16 years agoIngredients
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans shopping list
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature shopping list
- 1/3 cup sugar, plus more for coating shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- 1/8 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 cup all-purpose flour shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350°. On a baking sheet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes. Let cool completely; finely chop.
- With an electric mixer, cream butter for about a minute. Add 1/3 cup sugar and cream until light, about 1 minute more. Beat in vanilla, salt, and flour, scraping down sides of bowl, just until dough comes together. Fold in pecans.
- 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.
- 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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Sounds great...I have been searching for this recipe.It's been cold and rainy here all week-just the perfect weather to bake cookies.
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