Pecan Pie Cookies
These pretty pecan pie cookies are simple buttery cookies featuring a sweet pecan pie filling that will melt in your mouth. It's an easy cookie recipe made with store bought cookies with traditional pecan pie flavor baked into the center.
Servings 12 cookies
Calories 251kcal
Ingredients
- 12 sugar cookie dough or homemade sugar cookie dough
- 1 large egg
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and grease a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- If using Ready to Bake cookie dough, simply roll two of the raw cookie discs together to form one large dough ball. You can also use the tube of raw cookie dough or make your own sugar cookie dough and break off about 2 tablespoons of dough and roll it into a ball.12 sugar cookie dough
- Place one cookie dough ball in each hole of the muffin pan.
- Bake for 10 minutes, then remove the pan from the oven. (the cookies will not be fully cooked yet).
- Using the back of a spoon, press the center of each cookie down to form a cup
Make the pecan filling:
- In a medium bowl, add the egg, brown sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, and pecans and stir until blended well.1 large egg, ¼ cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons corn syrup, ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 cup pecans
- Spoon the pecan mixture into each cookie cup.
- Return the cookies to the oven to bake for an additional 8 to 10 minutes, until the edges of the cookies are golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool in the pan for 2-3 minutes, then remove them from the tin and place on a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Notes
Nutritional information is based on Pillsbury Ready to Bake Sugar Cookie Dough.
Use any favorite homemade sugar cookie recipe.
Swap the dough and make with chocolate chip cookie dough or make chocolate pecan pie cookies.
Place chocolate chips on top of the nutty topping for a chocolate twist or drizzle with chocolate syrup after baking.
Mix in ½ cup cocoa powder to the sugar cookie dough to make it a chocolate cookie base.
Use maple syrup or honey in the pecan pie filling instead of corn syrup.
Add a tablespoon of Bourbon to the pecan pie filling for a bourbon-infused cookie.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 251kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 104mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 27IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.3mg
