Holiday Chocolate Chip Praline Pecan Brown Sugar Cookies
Servings: 30 cookies
Ingredients
- 2 Sticks of butter Equivalent to one cup of butter
- ¾ cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Large Egg Room temperature
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 cups Pastry or all-purpose flour spooned and leveled
- ½ tsp Baking soda
- ¼ tsp Salt
- 1 cup Chocolate chips
- ½ cup Praline Pecans
Praline Pecans
- ½ cup Chopped pecans
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- ¼ cup Brown sugar
Instructions
Praline Pecans
- Heat skillet over medium heat and add butter. Add brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla and mix until butter is melted.
- Add pecans to mixture and stir until pecans are fully coated ( 1-2 minutes)
- Place pecans on parchment paper to cool ( approx. 10-20 minutes)
Cookies
- Place slightly soft butter and brown sugar into large mixing bowl. Mix by hand or with hand mixer until creamy. Add egg and vanilla and mix.
- In separate bowl briefly whisk together flour, salt and baking soda.
- Slowly add flour mixture to sugar mixture and mix just until combined.
- Gently fold in chocolate chips and praline pecans. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Remove dough from refrigerator and scoop approx. 1 inch or 1 tbsp balls onto baking sheet lined with silicone mat or parchment paper about 1-2 inches apart. If the dough is too hard to scoop, let it sit for about 5 minutes first*.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until slightly golden. Remove and let cool on wire rack. Enjoy!
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Notes
Store in air tight container for 3-5 days.