I obsess over cookie baking every year. I really do. Sort of like how I obsess over decorating for Christmas- (I will have to give you a tour this year because I have gone way overboard in the last few days)- it’s like a sickness.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

This was a cookie that I actually concocted this fall, but I loved it so much that it has gone on my Christmas Cookie list too. (Do you guys want me to make you a list of all my essential Christmas Cookies?) I have all the family favorites, but then I have to add a few newbie/ try em’ out recipes- some of them make it into the annual rotation- Like these Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

I froze them last time and would go digging through the freezer all the time and cut off a little piece and then go eat another little piece, and then another, and then another, and then… well, you get the picture…

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

To make these Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze, this is what you do:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare two sheet pans with silpats or parchment paper. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and the brown sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and the vanilla and combine well.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and kosher salt and then add to the butter and sugar. Add the pecans and mix in well.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Scoop the cookies out onto the prepared sheet pans and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool while you prepare the caramel.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Put the powdered sugar in a heat proof bowl (like a pyrex). In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar and heavy cream and stir together and cook until simmering. When boiling remove from the heat and add to the powdered sugar, Whisk until smooth.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Drizzle the glaze over the cookies and let cool until the cookies set up, about 30 minutes.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Serve immediately or stir in an airtight container. These also freeze well.

 

Recipe: Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Makes 18 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup soft butter
  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 ¼ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup toasted pecan pieces
  • Brown Sugar Caramel Glaze
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare two sheet pans with silpats or parchment paper.
  2. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and the brown sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and the vanilla and combine well.
  3. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and kosher salt and then add to the butter and sugar. Add the pecans and mix in well.
  4. Scoop the cookies out onto the prepared sheet pans and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool while you prepare the caramel.
  5. Put the powdered sugar in a heat proof bowl (like a pyrex). In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar and heavy cream and stir together and cook until simmering. When boiling remove from the heat and add to the powdered sugar, Whisk until smooth.
  6. Drizzle the glaze over the cookies and let cool until the cookies set up, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately or stir in an airtight container. These also freeze well.

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

Cooking time: 15 minute(s)

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I obsess over cookie baking every year. I really do. Sort of like how I obsess over decorating for Christmas- (I will have to give you a tour this year because I have gone way overboard in the last few days)- it’s like a sickness.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

This was a cookie that I actually concocted this fall, but I loved it so much that it has gone on my Christmas Cookie list too. (Do you guys want me to make you a list of all my essential Christmas Cookies?) I have all the family favorites, but then I have to add a few newbie/ try em’ out recipes- some of them make it into the annual rotation- Like these Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

I froze them last time and would go digging through the freezer all the time and cut off a little piece and then go eat another little piece, and then another, and then another, and then… well, you get the picture…

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

To make these Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze, this is what you do:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare two sheet pans with silpats or parchment paper. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and the brown sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and the vanilla and combine well.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and kosher salt and then add to the butter and sugar. Add the pecans and mix in well.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Scoop the cookies out onto the prepared sheet pans and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool while you prepare the caramel.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Put the powdered sugar in a heat proof bowl (like a pyrex). In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar and heavy cream and stir together and cook until simmering. When boiling remove from the heat and add to the powdered sugar, Whisk until smooth.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Drizzle the glaze over the cookies and let cool until the cookies set up, about 30 minutes.

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Serve immediately or stir in an airtight container. These also freeze well.

 

Recipe: Brown Sugar Pecan Cookies with Caramel Glaze

Makes 18 cookies

Ingredients

  • 1 cup soft butter
  • 1 ½ cups brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 ¼ cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1 cup toasted pecan pieces
  • Brown Sugar Caramel Glaze
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and prepare two sheet pans with silpats or parchment paper.
  2. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and the brown sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs and the vanilla and combine well.
  3. In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda and kosher salt and then add to the butter and sugar. Add the pecans and mix in well.
  4. Scoop the cookies out onto the prepared sheet pans and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Let cool while you prepare the caramel.
  5. Put the powdered sugar in a heat proof bowl (like a pyrex). In a medium saucepan, combine the brown sugar and heavy cream and stir together and cook until simmering. When boiling remove from the heat and add to the powdered sugar, Whisk until smooth.
  6. Drizzle the glaze over the cookies and let cool until the cookies set up, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately or stir in an airtight container. These also freeze well.

Preparation time: 10 minute(s)

Cooking time: 15 minute(s)