Butter Pecan Cookies

My soft and chewy butter pecan cookies are made with toasted pecans, brown sugar, and plenty of butter. They are incredibly easy to make with NO mixer and NO chilling required!

Course Cookies, Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 10

Total Time 35

Servings cookies

Calories 260kcal

Author Sam Merritt

Equipment

Ingredients

1 ½ (175 g) heaping cups pecan halves
1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter melted and cooled until no longer warm
1 ¼ cup (250 g) dark brown sugar tightly packed
½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
1 large egg + 1 egg yolk room temperature preferred
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups (375 g) all purpose flour**
1 teaspoon cornstarch
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
½ cup (120 g) Heath Toffee bits optional, but recommended!
Flaky sea salt for sprinkling, optional

Instructions

Toast Pecans (optional)

Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
Spread pecan halves evenly over cookie sheet and bake on 350F (175C) for 3-5 minutes.
Remove from oven (do not turn off your oven) and set aside while you prepare your cookie dough.

Cookie Dough

In a large bowl, combine melted butter and sugars. Stir well.
1 cup (226 g) unsalted butter, 1 ¼ cup (250 g) dark brown sugar, ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
Add eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and stir until well-combined.
1 large egg + 1 egg yolk , 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
In a separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
3 cups (375 g) all purpose flour**, 1 teaspoon cornstarch, ¾ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, ¾ teaspoon salt
Gradually add flour mixture to wet ingredients until completely combined.
Coarsely chop your pecans then stir in the pecans and toffee bits until combined.
1 ½ (175 g) heaping cups pecan halves, ½ cup (120 g) Heath Toffee bits
Line cookie sheets with parchment paper and drop cookie dough by heaping 1 ½ Tablespoon onto prepared cookie sheet, spacing at least 2" apart.
Transfer to 350F oven and bake for 10-12 minutes. Cookies should still look soft/slightly under-done in the centers. Sprinkle with sea salt while warm.
Allow cookies to cool completely on baking sheet and they will finish baking through as they cool but will stay nice and soft!

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Notes

**How to measure flour

If you are using cups, the best way to measure out your flour is to stir it in its bag/container then spoon it into your measuring cup and level off the measuring cup. Packing in your flour (over-measuring it) will leave you with a dry/crumbly cookie dough.

Storing

Store any leftover, cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-5 days.

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