Best Mae Mortensens Butter Pecan Cookies Recipes

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream butter in large mixing bowl.
• Gradually add brown sugar and granulated sugar.
• Cream well.
• Add unbeaten egg yolk and vanilla and beat well.
• Blend in sifted flour to form a stiff dough.
• Shape dough into small balls.
• Place on greased cookie sheet. Flatten cookies with bottom of glass dipped in sugar.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 7-9 minutes, till golden brown (do not overbrown.) Cool before frosting.
• Garnish with pecan halves.

MAE MORTENSEN'S BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream the butter and margarine. Gradually add 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer.
• Add the water and vanilla, beating well. Gradually add the flour to the creamed mixture, beating well. Stir in ground pecans.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls; place 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Flatten the balls to 1/4 inch thickness with the palm of your hand. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes. Let cool slightly on the cookie sheet.
• Roll cookies in additional sugar to coat. Let cool completely on wire racks.

CHOCOLATE CHIP MAPLE-PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Set oven to 375°.
• Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment or wax paper.
• In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl using an electric mixer beat melted butter with both sugars on high speed until fluffy (about 5 minutes).
• Add in eggs one at a time then egg yolk beating until creamy.
• Beat in the maple extract.
• Reduce the speed to low and add in the flour mixture until JUST blended.
• Stir in chocolate chips and pecans.
• Chill the dough for about 2 hours until semi-firm, or up to 24 hours.
• You can scoop the dough onto baking sheets and freeze to use later if desired.
• Scoop about 1/4-cup batter onto cookie sheet, leaving about 3-inches apart.
• Flatten mounds into 3-inch rounds using moistened palm of your hand.
• Repeat with remaining cookies (you will have to use two baking sheets for this and bake in two separate batches).
• Bake 1 sheet at a time for about 13-15 minutes.
• Transfer the cookies to a rack to cool and continue with remaining cookies.

BUTTER PECAN ROLL-UP COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream softened butter and brown sugar together well.
• Add next five ingredients and blend well.
• Drop onto greased cookie sheet 2-3 inches apart.
• (I recommend doing only six at a time even though it slows down the process.) Bake at 350F for 7 minutes.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool a few seconds.
• With spatula remove one at a time, flip over then roll.
• (It's handy to have a cup of cold water close by as these are still pretty hot. If you let them sit too long they will harden and you won't be able to roll them.).

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Place chopped pecans and 1 tablespoon butter in a baking pan. Bake at 325° for 5-7 minutes or until toasted and browned, stirring frequently. Set aside to cool. , In a large bowl, cream brown sugar and remaining butter until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla. Gradually add flour and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. , Roll into 1-in. balls, then roll in toasted pecans, pressing nuts into dough. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Beat egg white until foamy. Dip pecan halves in egg white, then gently press one into each ball. , Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks.

QUICK BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and pudding mix.
• Gradually beat in flour.
• Fold in pecans.
• Roll into 1 1/2-inch balls.
• Place balls 2-inches apart on greased baking sheets.
• Flatten to 1/2-inch with a greased glass.
• Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 to 13 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Remove to wire racks.

CHEDDAR PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and cheese in food processor.
• Add flour, salt, and cayenne pepper.
• Add pecans.
• Roll into balls and flatten with a fork.
• Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet at 325 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes.

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and egg. Mix until well blended.
• Slowly add flour and salt and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for at least one hour.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Roll one inch pieces of dough into balls and place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Flatten balls with the bottom of a glass dipped in flour. Press a pecan into top of dough.
• Bake 10 to 12 minutes until lightly colored.

BUTTER PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream cake mix, eggs, vanilla and margarine together with mixer.
• Stir in brickle chips and pecans.
• Drop onto greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for about 10 minutes.
• Let cool for 2-3 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to cooling rack.