Honey Pecan Butter Cookie Recipe
Super easy cookie to roll and bake, made of butter, honey, flour and toasted pecans. Baked to perfection and dusted with confectioner’s sugar. Great for Christmas cookie trays and gift giving.
- Prep Time: 15 min +30 chill
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Total Time: 90 minutes
- Yield: 36- 1" cookies 1x
- Category: Dessert- Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, not margarine -softened
1/3 cup honey
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups finely chopped toasted pecans
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 cup confectioners sugar for garnish
Instructions
- In large mixing bowl, beat softened butter and honey at medium speed until creamy.
- In medium mixing bowl, combine all dry ingredients except for confectioners sugar, add to creamed butter honey mixture.
- Remove cookie batter from mixing bowl and place in plastic wrap. Wrap dough in the plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 300. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll dough into 1 inch balls or the size desired.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes. Do not allow to turn brown. Let cool 5 minutes.
- Roll cookies in confectioner’s sugar coating completely.
- Allow to sit 5 minutes then roll again in confectioner’s sugar.
Notes
- Cookies will keep 5-7 days at room temperature in sealed container.
- Can be frozen. After freezing and thawing roll again in confectioners sugar.
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