Maple Pecan Cookies

Indulge in the perfect cookies for fall, where each sweet bite offers a delightful combination of toasted pecans, white chocolate chips, and a luscious maple pecan frosting.

Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings cookies

Calories 201kcal

Author Liz - Eat Move Make

Ingredients

Cookies

1 cup vegetable shortening
½ cup salted butter softened
2 cups light brown sugar packed
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon maple extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
12 ounces white chocolate chips
½ cup chopped pecans

Maple Frosting

2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons butter softened
½ teaspoon maple extract
4 tablespoons milk
48 pecan halves

Instructions

Maple Pecan Cookies

In a small skillet, toast pecans over medium heat about 2-4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until nuts are fragrant and a slightly darker color. Remove from heat.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour and baking soda; set aside.
Using a mixer, cream the shortening, butter and brown sugar until smooth and creamy. Mix in eggs, one at a time, then mix in the vanilla and maple extracts.
Use a spoon to stir in the flour and baking soda mixture. The cookie dough will be very thick. Fold in the chopped pecans and white chocolate chips.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Use a cookie scoop to drop tablespoonfuls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes (mine are always done in 10 minutes) until cookies are set on edges and golden brown. Remove from oven and let sit on cookie sheet for 1-2 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Maple Frosting

Using a mixer, combine the powdered sugar, butter, maple extract and milk until it's smooth and creamy. Put a teaspoonful of frosting in the center of each cooled cookie, then press a pecan half into it. Let frosting set before transferring cookies to an airtight container.

Notes

Note: The cookies will be puffy when they come out of the oven but will settle into their final lumpy, ridged cookie shape by the time you transfer them to cooling racks.

These cookies are delicious even without the frosting and pecan on top!

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