Best 5 Rustic Maple Pecan Cookies Recipes

MAPLE PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the shortening, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and maple flavoring. Combine flour and baking soda; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in white chips and pecans., Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350° for 9-11 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks. , In a large bowl, cream the butter, confectioners' sugar, maple flavoring and enough milk to achieve spreading consistency. Frost each cookie with 1 teaspoon frosting; top with a pecan half.

CHEWY MAPLE PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl with a hand mixer), cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. With the mixer running on low speed, add the maple syrup in a slow, steady stream and mix to combine.
• Scrape the bowl well, then add the egg and mix on medium speed until the mixture is well combined. Beat in the vanilla.
• Add the flour, baking powder and fine salt to the mixer and pulse until it starts to combine, then scrape the bowl well and mix on low speed until uniformly combined. Add the pecans and mix until evenly incorporated.
• Scoop the dough into 2 tablespoon-size rounds on the prepared baking sheets, staggering the rows and leaving at least 1 1/2 inches between each cookie to allow room to spread. Sprinkle flaky sea salt on the surface of each cookie. Transfer to the oven and bake until the cookies are lightly golden around the edges, 15 to 18 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool before serving.

RUSTIC MAPLE PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Position oven racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven; preheat oven to 350°; moderately butter cookie sheets.
• In a 3-quart saucepan, melt the butter and set aside to cool to tepid.
• Strain together the flour, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
• Using a wooden spoon, add the maple syrup to the butter, mixing well.
• Blend in the egg, orange juice, and maple and vanilla extracts.
• Whisk in the sugars, stirring until well combined and free of lumps.
• Stir in the dry ingredients in three additions, then fold in the nuts with a large rubber spatula.
• Using the tip of a teaspoon, drop mounds of dough the size of large walnuts onto the cookie sheets, placing them 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes, until the edges just begin to brown, rotating the pans top to bottom and front to back toward the end of the baking time.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 2-3 minutes before loosening with a thin metal spatula; cool on wire racks.
• Store in airtight containers, layered between strips of wax paper, for up to 3 weeks; cookies may be frozen.
• *Rustic Maple Pecan Date Cookies--reduced chopped pecans to 3/4 cup; measure 1 cup loosely packed dates cut into 1/4 inch dice and toss them into 1 teaspoon flour to prevent them from sticking together; mix dates with the pecans and proceed as directed.

MAPLE-PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 F.
• Cream the butter and sugar. When you've got a soft, supple mass, add the maple extract and work in the sifted flour. Roll into walnut-sized balls, and press with the base of a glass that you've lightly oiled (and if you've got some in the house, you could use walnut oil) or brushed with melted butter. Press gently onto the lined baking sheets--leaving a 2-inch space round each as they'll spread--and stud each with a pecan half.
• Cook for 15 minutes. They start off golden so it's hard to tell if they're cooked just by sight, but lift one up to check it's no longer doughy on the bottom. Remove from the oven, leave for a minute or two on the trays, and then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
• Variation: You can always substitute walnut halves for the pecans, but if you leave them completely nut-free, these are wonderful as cheese biscuits. Yes, they're sweet, but in the same way as digestive biscuits are strangely good with both creamy and hard cheese, so these can pair with a pungent blue quite wonderfully.

VERMONT MAPLE PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 and position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Combine oats, coconut, flour, salt, cinnamon, and brown sugar in a bowl. Whisk to blend.
• Combine butter, maple syrup, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan.
• Heat over medium heat until butter melts, stirring occasionally, and remove from heat.
• Combine baking soda and boiling water and stir to dissolve.
• Add to maple syrup ingredients and stir well.
• Add maple or vanilla extract. Stir into dry ingredients.
• Add pecans and stir well.
• Place 1/4 cup size balls of dough on baking sheets, 3 inches apart. Flatten slightly.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes, until golden brown and set, rotating positions halfway through the baking process.
• Cool on the baking sheets 5 minutes and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.