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Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies
A chewy cookie brimming with toasted pecans and covered with a caramel or penuche-like frosting. Such a delicious holiday cookie!
👥 28 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 30 min🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- baking sheet
- oven
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- pan
- saucepan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats.
2
In a medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda an salt for ⏱️ 20 seconds, set aside.
3
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together butter and brown sugar until well blended.
4
Mix in egg and vanilla. Add in flour mixture and mix just until combined then mix in pecans.
(283g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)2 cups(226g) unsalted butter, (softened)1 cup(210g) packed light brown sugar1 cuplarge egg1(42g) unsalted butter, (diced into 3 pieces)3 Tbspvanilla (extract)1 tsppecans, (toasted, cooled and chopped into bits)1 cup
5
Scoop dough out and shape into balls, about 1 1/2 Tbsp each (or using a medium cookie scoop). Drop onto prepared baking sheets spacing them 2-inches apart.
6
Bake in preheated oven until nearly set, tops should appear under-baked, about ⏱️ 9 minutes.
7
Cool on pan several minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
8
Frost with brown sugar icing and add a pecan to each immediately after frosting each one before the frosting starts to set. Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
9
For the brown sugar icing:
10
In a small saucepan bring brown sugar, half and half and butter to a boil stirring constantly. Continue to boil, whisking constantly, ⏱️ 3 minutes.
11
Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar. Let cool several minutes until it starts to thicken, stirring occasionally. Thin with 1 tsp hot water a time as needed.
12
Recipe source: adapted from Southern Living via The Recipe Rebel
Nutrition Facts
calories
225 kcal
fat Content
12 g
serving Size
1 serving
sugar Content
19 g
sodium Content
72 mg
protein Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
28 mg
carbohydrate Content
28 g
saturated Fat Content
5 g
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