Best Pecan Pie Cookies Recipes

PECAN PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup of butter in a saucepan, and stir in the confectioners' sugar and corn syrup until the sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often, and stir in the pecans until well combined. Refrigerate the mixture for 30 minutes to chill.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Sift the flour and baking powder together in a bowl, and set aside.
• Beat brown sugar, 3/4 cup butter, egg, and vanilla extract in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until the mixture is creamy, about 2 minutes. Gradually beat in the flour mixture until well mixed. Pinch off about 1 tablespoon of dough, and roll it into a ball. Press the dough into the bottom of an ungreased cupcake pan cup, and use your thumb to press the dough into a small piecrust shape, with 1/4-inch walls up the sides of the cupcake cup. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Fill each little crust with about 1 teaspoon of the prepared pecan filling.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cookie shells are lightly browned, 10 to 13 minutes. Watch closely after 10 minutes. Let the cookies cool in the cupcake pans for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to finish cooling.

PECAN PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Grease 24 regular-size muffin cups with shortening; lightly flour.
• In large bowl, mix Cookie Base ingredients with spoon until soft dough forms. Using rounded tablespoonfuls of dough, shape dough into 1 1/4 to 1 1/2-inch balls; place in muffin cups. With thumb, make indentation in center of each. Bake 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix Pecan Pie Filling ingredients until well blended.
• With end of wooden spoon, reshape indentations in center of each cookie to create 1 1/2-inch opening in partially baked cookie cups. Clean off end of wooden spoon with paper towel as needed. Stir filling to redistribute nuts; spoon 1 tablespoon filling into each cookie cup, stirring before filling each.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool 10 minutes in pan on cooling rack. Run knife around edge of each cookie cup to loosen. Cool completely in pan, about 30 minutes. Remove cookie cups from muffin cups.

PECAN PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. , Shape into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a 1/2-in.-deep indentation in the center of each ball. Combine filling ingredients; spoon into cookies., Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. If desired, top with frosting.

EASY PECAN PIE BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 10x15-inch baking pan.
• Mix flour, 3/4 cup butter, 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, and salt together in a bowl until crumbly. Press into the prepared pan.
• Bake crust in the preheated oven until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Remove and leave oven on.
• Mix corn syrup, 1 1/2 cups sugar, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until blended. Stir in pecans. Spread filling evenly over the baked crust.
• Bake in the hot oven until filling is set, about 25 minutes. Let cool completely, and cut into squares.

PECAN PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• For cookies: Beat butter and sugar on medium speed of an electric mixer until creamy. Add egg and vanilla and mix. Reduce speed to low and add flour and baking powder. Beat until well mixed.
• Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets. Make an indentation in each cookie with your thumb; rotate thumb to hollow out slightly.
• Combine all the filling ingredients (pecans through vanilla) in a small bowl. Fill each cookie with 1 rounded teaspoon of filling.
• Bake for 8-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool for 1 minute on baking sheet then remove to cool completely on a wire rack or sheet of aluminum foil.

PECAN PIE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Make the cookies: Combine the pecans and 1/2 cup/65 grams flour in a food processor or blender and pulse until the pecans are coarsely ground with pebbly bits remaining.
• Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, both sugars and salt on low speed until creamy and smooth. Scrape the bowl and add the egg yolk and vanilla. Beat on medium-low speed until fully incorporated. Scrape the bowl and add the pecan mixture and remaining 1 1/2 cups/190 grams flour. Beat on low speed until the dough comes together. Press into four 1/2-inch-thick squares and wrap each in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm, at least 3 hours and up to 2 days.
• When you're ready to bake, heat oven to 350 degrees. Place 1 dough square on a generously floured surface and sprinkle with more flour. With a floured rolling pin, roll to a scant 1/4-inch thickness, moving and flouring the dough as needed to prevent sticking. Using a floured 2 1/2-inch round cutter, cut out rounds as close together as possible and transfer to a parchment-lined cookie sheet, using a thin spatula if necessary, spacing them 1/2 inch apart.
• Gather the scraps, roll and cut again. If desired, cut out a 1-inch circle from half of the cookies using a cookie cutter or the wide end of a pastry tip. If your dough becomes too soft to cut after rolling, pop it in the freezer until firm again.
• Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Repeat with the remaining dough. Cool the cookies completely on the sheets on wire racks.
• Make the filling: Combine the butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and salt in a small saucepan and clip a candy thermometer to the side of the pot if you have one. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally to melt the butter. Continue boiling, stirring occasionally, until dark brown and thickened to the consistency of caramel sauce, 2 to 4 minutes. The candy thermometer should register 230 degrees. Remove from the heat and carefully add the bourbon. Stir until incorporated, then stir in the pecans until evenly coated.
• Flip over half of the cookies. Carefully scoop a tablespoon of the hot filling and scrape it onto a cookie with another spoon. Spread it in an even layer with the spoon and very gently press another cookie on top to sandwich. Flip the sandwich over so the filling can set evenly. Repeat with the remaining cookies and filling. Cool completely.

PECAN PIE CHEESECAKE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. Blend cream cheese, butter, and sugar until fluffy.
• 2. Add vanilla and egg. Mix until well blended.
• 3. Add flour, salt, and baking powder. Mix until well combined. Refrigerate while making pecan pie filling.
• 4. In a medium saucepan on medium heat mix ingredients for pecan pie filling until thick and bubbly.
• 5. The color will darken to a caramel color.
• 6. Using a cookie scoop, scoop dough into a ball.
• 7. Drop in graham cracker crumbs and cover.
• 8. Place on baking sheet and press in the center of cookie dough with the bottom of a round 1 Tablespoon measuring spoon.
• 9. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
• 10. Remove and allow cookies to cool on a wire rack until room temperature. Fill the top of cookie with a scant 1 tablespoon of filling and top with a toasted pecan.
• 11. Store in a plastic container in the refrigerator until ready to serve.

PECAN PIE BAR COOKIES

Steps:

• Shortbread base: mix above ingredients together until mixture is crumbly.
• Pat crumbs into a lightly-greased 13x9 inch pan.
• Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes.
• While this is baking, prepare filling.
• Filling: melt butter over low heat in small saucepan.
• Once melted, stir in remaining ingredients except for pecans.
• Simmer over low heat for about a minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in pecans.
• Pour mixture over hot crust and spread evenly.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes until center is bubbly.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
• Cut into bars when cool.

HOLIDAY PECAN PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• For the dough, cream the butter, sugar, corn syrup and egg yolks. Stir in flour gradually to mix. Chill 1 hour.
• For the filling, combine confectioners' sugar, butter and and dark corn syrup in a saucepan. Cook over medium high heat until mixture comes to a full boil. Cook for two minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in pecans. Set aside until cool enough to handle. Mixture thickens when cool.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Make walnut size balls of dough and place on a parchment covered cookie sheet. Brush with reserved egg white. Bake for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and press 1/2 teaspoon of pecan filling into center of each partially baked cookie. This is easiest to do using your fingers. Return to oven for 5 more minutes. Cool for 3 minutes on baking sheet then remove to cooling rack.

PECAN PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In large bowl, stir butter and sugar on low speed of mixer.
• 2. Add corn syrup and egg yolks. Beat until thoroughly blended.
• 3. Stir in flour gradually.
• 4. Chill several hours.
• 5. Prepare pecan filling. Combine sugar, butter and corn syrup in pan; stir to blend. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until mixture reaches a full boil.
• 6. Remove from heat; stir in pecans. Chill.
• 7. Using one tablespoon of dough for each cookie, roll into balls. Place on greased cookie sheet leaving a 2-inch space between each cookie.
• 8. Beat egg whites slightly. Brush very lightly with egg white.
• 9. Bake at 375 degrees for five minutes. Remove from oven.
• 10. Roll 1/2 tsp of the chilled pecan filling into a ball and press firmly into the center of each cookie. Return to oven.
• 11. Bake five minutes longer or until lightly browned. Cool five minutes on cookie sheet. Cool completely on rack.

PECAN PIE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper. Cream Butter and brown sugar ni electic mixer until light and fluffy. Sir in egg and vanilla. Add flour and baking soda, mix until incorporated. Stir in pecans and pecan meal. Drop cookies by spoonfuls. Cookies can be any size desired. For a rounded teaspoon of dough, space a couple of inches apart. Allow more spacing for larger cookies. Bake until golden. Baking time will vary greatlyy, depending on the size of the cookies. Large (5oz) cookeis take about 20 minutes but check a couple minutes before they are done. Note: To toast pecans, place ina single layer on a baking sheet and bake 10 to 15 minutes shaking gently once or twice, until fragrant. Toasted pecan meal is simply finely ground toasted pecans. After toasting, place pecans in a food processor or coffee grinder and process until very fine. Be sure to measure after grinding.