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Pecan Praline Cookies

June 7, 2020 by Jenny 5 Comments

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These easy and tasty Pecan Praline Cookies are loaded with the goodness of pecan nuts and homemade icing. Perfect for holidays, gifting and celebrating the warm fall season. #pecanpralinecookies #cookierecipes #fallrecipes #nymelrosefamily via @jennymelrose

There’s something wonderful about the mouth-watering aroma of delicious cookies baking on a fall afternoon! These Pecan Praline Cookies are fabulous and an easy way to kick-start your fall baking!

This cookie version of the classic, Southern praline candy combines a brown sugar cookie that’s both crisp and chewy, with a topping of pecans and a generous drizzle of praline icing.

Pecan Praline Cookies
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  • Why Pecan Praline Cookies are amazing?
  • 🥘Ingredients:
  • 🔪 Instructions to make Pecan Praline Cookies
  • 💭Top tip
  • FAQs
  • Pecan Praline Cookies Recipe
  • More Delicious Cookie Recipes

Why Pecan Praline Cookies are amazing?

Baking cookies has always seemed to be such a family and social activity! When I’m baking something complex and need to focus on absolute precision, I kind of like to have the kitchen to myself. With cookies, though, it’s like party time!

Since this is a drop cookie it is a great cookie to make with the kids or with friends. The dough goes together quickly and doesn’t require any chilling. Just drop, top with pecans and bake. The finishing touch is a luscious, rich praline icing that makes a sweet finish to this fabulous cookie.

making Pecan Cookie using cookie dough

The praline icing is also very easy to make but remember to use it right away! The icing will harden quickly once it’s drizzled on the cookies. Don’t worry if the icing starts to lose its “drizzle” before you’ve finished with all of the cookies.

Ingredients for Pecan Praline Cookies

🥘Ingredients:

  • all purpose flour
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • softened butter
  • brown sugar
  • eggs
  • butter vanilla bakery emulsion
  • coarsely chopped pecans
  • whipping cream
  • confectioner's sugar

🔪 Instructions to make Pecan Praline Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
  • In mixing bowl, combine softened butter and brown sugar. Beat with mixer and well blended.
  • Add egg and beat until fluffy; then add butter vanilla bakery emulsion or vanilla mix to blend. Add flour mixture, one tablespoon at a time, and mix until just blended.
  • Drop dough by rounded teaspoons, a few inches apart, onto parchment lined cookies sheets. Using the back of spoon, flatten each cookie slightly.
  • Sprinkle top of each cookie with about ¾ teaspoon of pecans, pressing pecans lightly into dough. Bake cookies until golden brown, about 10 minutes, and transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.
  • For making icing, in a saucepan on the stovetop, combine brown sugar and whipping cream over medium-high heat. Stir constantly until sugar is thoroughly dissolved and mixture comes to a boil. Continue stirring and boil for two minutes.
  • Remove pan from heat; blend in confectioners’ sugar and beat with a hand mixer or spoon until smooth – use icing immediately!
  • Using the tip of a spoon, generously drizzle tops of cooled cookies with icing.

💭Top tip

Once the icing is finished, transfer it to a microwave-safe bowl. If it starts to harden, pop the bowl in the microwave for about 15 seconds or so and stir to get it back to the right drizzling consistency.

Pecan Cookies with praline toppings placed on a wire rack

FAQs

How to store Pecan Praline Cookies?

Once the cookies are iced, store them in an airtight container. The cookies will soften slightly but will not lose a bit of their delicious flavor!

Can I freeze Pecan Praline Cookies?

If you’d like to freeze them, wait to add the icing until you are ready to defrost and enjoy the cookies. You can also double the recipe – bake a batch to enjoy now and one for later. Keep this recipe on hand for the holiday season, because these make a fantastic addition to a dessert cookie tray and make a wonderful food gift!

What is the difference between butter pecan and pecan praline?

Butter pecan has a mild flavor of pecan coated with goodness of butter and is used in making desserts like ice-cream. Pecan praline on the other hand is loaded with sugar and in a candy form, making it more suitable for cookie preparations.

What is the difference between praline and brittle?

Even though praline and brittle are made up of same ingredients, the stage of caramelization is different in each case giving it a different texture. The praline is caramelized to a soft ball stage while if we take the caramelization further to a cracking point it turns brittle.

Pecan Praline Cookies

Pecan Praline Cookies Recipe

This cookie version of the classic, Southern praline candy combines a brown sugar cookie that’s both crisp and chewy, with a topping of pecans and a generous drizzle of praline icing.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 3 dozen
Calories: 1240kcal

Ingredients

For cookies

  • 1 ½ cup flour
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup softened butter
  • 1 ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp butter vanilla bakery emulsion
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans

For icing

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup whipping cream
  • 1 cup confectioner's sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats. Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl and set aside.
  • In mixing bowl, combine softened butter and brown sugar. Beat with mixer and well blended.
  • Add egg and beat until fluffy; add butter vanilla bakery emulsion or vanilla mix to blend. Add flour mixture, one tablespoon at a time, and mix until just blended.
  • Drop dough by rounded teaspoons, a few inches apart, onto parchment lined cookies sheets. Using the back of spoon, flatten each cookie slightly.
    Pecan Praline Cookies
  • Sprinkle top of each cookie with about ¾ teaspoon of pecans, pressing pecans lightly into dough. Bake cookies until golden brown, about 10 minutes, and transfer cookies to wire rack to cool.
    Pecan Praline Cookies
  • Make icing:
    In a saucepan on the stovetop, combine brown sugar and whipping cream over medium-high heat. Stir constantly until sugar is thoroughly dissolved and mixture comes to a boil. Continue stirring and boil for two minutes.
  • Remove pan from heat; blend in confectioners’ sugar and beat with a hand mixer or spoon until smooth – use icing immediately!
  • Using the tip of a spoon, generously drizzle tops of cooled cookies with icing. If icing hardens and becomes difficult to drizzle, warm icing in microwave for 15 seconds and stir.
    Pecan Praline Cookies

Nutrition

Calories: 1240kcal | Carbohydrates: 270g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 479mg | Potassium: 564mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 217g | Vitamin A: 662IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 283mg | Iron: 5mg

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  1. Jan Davis

    December 06, 2019 at 9:39 am

    I got your recipe for the praline cookie it ask for vanilla bakery emulsion what is that and where do you get it

    Reply
  2. Debbie

    December 16, 2018 at 9:09 am

    I love southern pralines, so I tried this recipe. My husband and I were eating before I could get them boxed for Christmas cookies. Really easy and FANTASTIC!

    Reply
    • Jenny Melrose

      December 16, 2018 at 5:56 pm

      Thanks so much. We're so glad you liked them!

      Reply
  3. Melanie

    September 03, 2015 at 12:43 pm

    Pecan popcorn and candy apple cookies! Yummy treats for a Thanksgiving kids party!

    Reply

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