Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies
These pecan cookies are ready in 30 minutes and are flavored with coconut and pecan pieces. It's a family favorite and everyone loves it!
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 14 min
- Yield
- 24 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup desiccated coconut
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 24 pecans to top the cookies
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F . Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- 2
In a medium sized bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, salt, and coconut flakes. Set aside.
- 3
Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl.
- 4
Mix the butter and sugar until smooth.
- 5
Add the vanilla and egg to the butter mixture. Mix again until smooth.
- 6
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Mix with a spatula or a wooden spoon so the dough comes together.
- 7
Mix in the chopped pecans.
- 8
Using a mini ice cream or cookie scoop, place the cookies on the baking sheets 2 inches apart from each other. Press a pecan on top of each cookie.
- 9
Bake in the oven for 14 minutes. Rotate the sheets halfway so they bake evenly.
- 10
Let the cookies cool on the sheets for 5 minutes and then transfer them onto cooling racks using a spatula.