Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe (Walnut Pecan Cookies)
Butter pecan cookies recipe: a short-baked cookie prepared with butter, brown sugar and pecans. In this recipe, you will quickly gather the dough and portion it, then bake it in the oven for 9 minutes and let it rest until it reaches its consistency. Ingredients and how-to steps are below.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Step-by-Step Method
Preheat the oven, prepare the tray
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Lay baking paper on the tray; so the cookies can be separated easily.
Mix the butter and sugars
Mix the butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar for 2–3 minutes. The mixture should look light colored and creamy.
Add the vanilla
Add vanilla and mix for a short time. Gather the leftovers from the edges of the bowl into the middle with a spatula.
Add the flour (and salt, if applicable) and assemble the dough
Add the flour (and salt, if using) little by little. Stir until flour disappears; Do not knead the dough too much so that the cookies do not harden.
Fold in the pecans
Add coarsely crushed pecans. Mix with a spoon or on low speed until it is distributed everywhere.
Portions
Take walnut-sized pieces from the dough, roll them and place them on the tray, spaced apart. If you want, you can control its spread by pressing lightly on it.
Cook and rest
Cook for 9 minutes. It comes off when the edges become slightly colored; Let it rest on the tray for 5 minutes, then transfer it to a wire rack and cool completely.