What happens when you combine your soft buttery pecan cake mix with crunchy pecans? Make this Easy Pecan Thumbprint Cookies Recipe and you'll find out!
Combine Cake Mix, Melted Butter {or oil}, Eggs, and Maple Extract in large mixing bowl, and mix with hand mixer or stand mixer until well combined.
Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line large baking sheets with parchment paper.
Roll cookie dough into 1 tablespoon sized rounded balls and transfer to cookie sheet.
Bake on center oven rack for 7 - 13 minutes, or until done. {Note: Bake on the shorter end of the time range for non-stick cookie sheets & longer end of the time range for aluminum cookie sheets}
Immediately after removing from oven, carefully place pecan in the center of each cookie, and very gently push down.
Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes.
Transfer cookies to wore racks to finish cooling, and ENJOY!