Pecan Pie Cookies
Pecan pie cookies?? YES! Everything you love in a pecan pie but in cookies!
Servings: 12 cookies
Calories: 396kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Cookies
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup of unsalted butter softened
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 TBSP milk
- 1 egg room temperature if possible
Pecan Caramel Topping
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 cups chopped pecans
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°
- Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together and set aside
- Cream the butter and sugar together until soft and fluffy
- Beat in the egg and vanilla
- Stir in the dry ingredients into the wet until well combined
- Divide into 12 balls, place on a baking sheet, flatten slightly and make a dent in the center
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes of until lightly browned
- Before the cookies cool press lightly with a spoon
- Cool the cookies completely
- When they're cool make the caramel
- Combine the butter, sugar, and pecans in a small saucepan
- Cook over medium heat stirring to keep it from burning
- Once the mixture is melted and bubbling, reduce the heat a bit and cook and stir 3-5 minutes until the mixture measures 235° on a thermometer
- Once it gets to 235° remove it from the heat, add the vanilla, cream, and cinnamon, and stir until well mixed
- Top each cookie with a spoonful of the caramel
- Serve once the caramel is cooled completely
- Refrigerate after 24 hours if needed
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 396kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 62mg | Sodium: 100mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 599IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg