Best Maple Pecan Present Cookies With Penuche Icing Recipes

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NANNY'S PUMPKIN COOKIES WITH MAPLE PENUCHE FROSTING



Nanny's Pumpkin Cookies With Maple Penuche Frosting image

These are cake like cookies that are topped with a yummy browned butter frosting! My Grandma-Nanny always made these every year in the fall.

Provided by jewelz4jesus

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 25m

Yield 5 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 18

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup finely chopped pecans
3 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons maple syrup
1/4 cup half-and-half cream
1 1/2-2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In large bowl or mixer beat together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1 cup butter until light and fluffy.
  • Add pumpkin, vanilla, and egg and blend well.
  • Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and salt mix well.
  • Stir in pecans.
  • Drop by rounded spoonfuls (an 80 scoop works great!) a couple of inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets.
  • Bake at 350°F for 10-12 min or just until the edges only are light golden brown.
  • Immediately remove from cookie sheets and cool on rack.
  • Maple Penuche Frosting.
  • In a medium sauce pan combine 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, 3 tbls butter and bring to a boil.
  • Add maple syrup and cook over medium heat for 1 minute or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly!
  • Let cool 10 minutes.
  • Add cream; and beat until smooth.
  • Beat in powdered sugar gradually until desired consistency for frosting.
  • Frost cooled cookies and keep in single layer in an air tight container to keep moist and fresh--that is if they last that long!

MAPLE-NUT COOKIES WITH MAPLE ICING



Maple-Nut Cookies With Maple Icing image

I found this recipe in the Pillsbury Fall Baking Booklet that I found in the checkout aisle of the grocery store.

Provided by senseicheryl

Categories     Drop Cookies

Time 21m

Yield 3 1/2 dozen cookies, 42 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 cup pecan halves
1 cup butter, softened or 1 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon maple flavoring

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. In an 8-inch square pan, bake pecans 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Spread nuts on cutting board; cool 5 minutes. Finely chop.
  • In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon maple flavor and the egg until well blended. Stir in flour and chopped toasted pecans.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in granulated sugar.
  • Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
  • In small bowl, mix icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 94.3, Fat 5.8, SaturatedFat 2.9, Cholesterol 16.7, Sodium 34.1, Carbohydrate 9.8, Fiber 0.3, Sugar 5, Protein 1

GRANDMA'S PENUCHE FROSTING



Grandma's Penuche Frosting image

This was my Grandmother's recipe. It was on a handwritten note inside her "school" cookbook. She made this often. It has been and will continue to be a family favorite. This is real good on chocolate cake.

Provided by Tarynne

Categories     Dessert

Time 25m

Yield 1 recipe

Number Of Ingredients 4

1/2 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup hot milk
powdered sugar (about 3 cups)

Steps:

  • Melt butter in a large saucepan.
  • Add brown sugar and bring to a boil.
  • continue cooking for 1 minute until thickens.
  • Let set 15 minutes.
  • Mix in hot milk.
  • Add powdered sugar gradually till spreading consisitancy.
  • If it gets too thick add a little milk.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1688.8, Fat 94.3, SaturatedFat 59.7, Cholesterol 252.6, Sodium 901.9, Carbohydrate 218.7, Sugar 213.5, Protein 3.2

MAPLE-NUT COOKIES WITH MAPLE ICING



Maple-Nut Cookies with Maple Icing image

It's all about fall with these maple pecan cookies! They double up on the maple ingredients and are the perfect theme for the season that calls for nothing but flavor. Grab your apron and get baking, because these maple nut cookies will be a fall favorite for sure.

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h25m

Yield 42

Number Of Ingredients 10

3/4 cup pecan halves
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon maple flavor
1 egg
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon maple flavor

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F. In 8-inch square pan, bake pecans 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Spread nuts on cutting board; cool 5 minutes. Finely chop.
  • In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon maple flavor and the egg until well blended. Stir in flour and chopped toasted pecans.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in granulated sugar.
  • Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
  • In small bowl, mix icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cookies.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 100, Carbohydrate 10 g, Cholesterol 15 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Cookie, Sodium 35 mg, Sugar 5 g, TransFat 0 g

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