Sweet Pecan Cookies

Name: Sweet Pecan Cookies
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 48 servings
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp salt (prefer groud-up seasalt); 1 1/4 cup butter (2 & 1/4 sticks room temp); 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 lg eggs; 1 cup plain pecans (finely ground (set aside)); 3/4 cup whole pecans (roasted lightly salted from trader joes) (chopped in big chunks then set aside)

Navonne Johns

Prep 20 mins20m

Cook 9 mins9m

Makes 48

A light cookie with the perfect balance of flavors. Great to enjoy with your coffee in the morning or crumble over a scoop of vanilla ice cream drizzled with chocolate syrup. It's hard to eat just one.

Ingredients

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt (prefer groud-up seasalt)
1 ¼ cups butter (2 & ¼ sticks room temp)
½ cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 lg eggs
1 cup plain pecans (finely ground (set aside))
¾ cup whole pecans (roasted lightly salted from trader joes) (chopped in big chunks then set aside)

Instructions

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1
PRE-HEAT OVEN for 350 COMBINE: flour, baking soda & salt in bowl (set aside). BEAT butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract until creamy. ADD one egg at a time while beating, then add the finely ground pecans until smooth. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the roasted chopped pecans.
2
DROP rounded teaspoon onto un-greased baking sheets. PINCH a few granules of salt between your fingers and sprinkle a few on each cookie.
3
BAKE: or until golden brown. COOL on baking sheets for . Remove to wire cooling racks until cooled completely. Enjoy!

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