Pecan Cookies
These golden Pecan Cookies are perfectly soft and buttery, and laced with nuts... not the cuckoo or looney variety of nuts, but the delicious nutty pecan type! Just 5 ingredients and your new favorite treat is done!
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 13.25 ounces Betty Crocker Butter Pecan Cake Mix (if using a 15.25 oz. box, increase butter to 1/2 cup, Vanilla cake mix can also be substituted)
- 1/3 cup Melted Butter
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Maple Extract
- 36 Pecan Halves
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- 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!
Notes
What Type of Butter
When it comes to Cake Mix Cookies, salted or unsalted butter can be used, as the cake mix will have a little salt in it. However, I've found that salted butter will result in superior flavor.
Make Ahead Cookie Baking Tips
These butter pecan cake mix cookies are SO easy to prep ahead of time!
Your pecan cookie dough can be made today, then stored covered in your refrigerator for up to 2 days prior to baking the cookies.
How to Store Cake Mix Cookies
After your thumbprint cookies have baked, they can be stored at room temperature, covered in an airtight container, for up to 3 days.
For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
