PECAN SANDIES COOKIES

PECAN SANDIES COOKIES

 

INGREDIENTS

• ½ cup brown butter, cooled
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 1 large egg
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)
• 2¼ cups all purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• ¼ cup sugar for smashing

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Add brown butter, oil, egg, sugars and vanilla to a mixer bowl and mix on medium speed until creamy. Add flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tartar all at once and continue to mix at medium speed until well combined. Fold in pecans.
3. Scoop onto a lined or greased baking sheet about 1 inch apart.
4. Dip a fork into sugar and mash cookies criss cross.
5. Bake for 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
6. Cool on cookie sheet. Store in an airtight container.

NOTES

To Brown Butter: add to a small skillet and cook on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally until brown bits form. Be careful not to burn. Pour brown butter into a bowl to cool until ready to bake.