Butter Pecan Cookies
Author: Diane Schmidt - createdbydiane.com
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon butter vanilla flavor butter rum extract or butter flavor will work too
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- 24 whole pecans
Preheat oven to 350°
In large bowl of a mixer beat butter and sugars.
Add in egg and extracts white nutmeg and mix on medium-low to combine
Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt on medium until mixed.
On low mix in pecans.
Place 2 tablespoons sized balls of cookie dough 2 inches apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Top with a pecan, lightly pressed into the top of each cookie.
Bake for 10-12 minutes. Remove when centers look slightly soft but edges are golden and getting firm.
Allow cookie to cool completely on baking sheets.