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Pecan Pie Cookies Recipe

My family loves pecans. In fact, we have pecan pie at Thanksgiving and these pecan cookies at Christmas.—Julie McQuiston, Bradenton, Florida

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Pecan Pie Cookies Recipe

Prep: 45 min. Bake: 10 min./batch

Yield: 36 Servings

45 10 55

Ingredients

3/4 cup shortening
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
FILLING:
1 cup finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

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. Yield: 3 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 128 calories, 7 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 50 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Pecan Pie Cookies in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2009, p136

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Reviewed on Dec. 10, 2010 by elmarcam

Awesome cookie. I make this every year for my Christmas plates. I have to hide them or my family will devour them before my plates are done and I end up having to make more. But, that's okay.