Welcome to the fortieth post in my year-long Cookie Series, where I want to bring you a new and delicious cookie recipe every Tuesday of 2015!
These cookies are like, well, almost pecan pie!
Personally, I'm not a big fan of pecan pie, but some pecan-pie loving people in my family seemed to love them. Enjoy!
These cookies are like, well, almost pecan pie!
Personally, I'm not a big fan of pecan pie, but some pecan-pie loving people in my family seemed to love them. Enjoy!
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INGREDIENTS:
Dough:
Dough:
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/2 cup pecan, finely chopped
- 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1 cup pecans, finely chopped
DIRECTIONS:
*This recipe makes approximately twice as much filling as needed. You could try:
Doubling the cookie dough
Making the walls of the cookie smaller
(OR)
Baking a few 'mini' pies
- Cream the butter, cream cheese and sugars.
- Add the vanilla.
- Slowly stir in the flour and salt.
- Mix in the chopped pecans.
- Chill the dough for 30 to 60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375.
- To make the filling, mix all of the ingredients together.
- Once the filling is made, roll the cookie dough into balls and set them on cookie sheets lined with non-stick baking mats or parchment paper.
- Press each cookie down with the palm of your hand.
- Make an indent in the center of each cookie. You could use a melon baller or the back of a round measuring spoon.
- Put some filling in each of the indents. A cookie scoop holds about 1 tsp. of filling, while an ice-cream scoop holds about 1 Tbsp. of filling.
- Bake for 15 to 17 minutes.
*This recipe makes approximately twice as much filling as needed. You could try:
Doubling the cookie dough
Making the walls of the cookie smaller
(OR)
Baking a few 'mini' pies
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I wish I had one of these right now - or any of your delicious-looking cookies for that matter! Miss you! - Sammy
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