Chocolate Pecan Cookies are filled with pecans and chocolate, crispy on the outside and chewy inside, easy cookie recipe and perfect with a glass of milk or cup of tea! Also great for gifts!
These are wonderful cookies with a crunch! You get the flavors of the chocolate and the pecans coming through and are perfect with a cup of tea or a glass of cold milk.
They also make lovely gifts, especially over the holiday season.
These Chocolate Pecan Cookies are incredibly easy to make and of course so delicious!
This recipe for chocolate pecan cookies takes no time at all to prepare and will give you a large batch of cookies, perfect for sharing with friends or to take along to a party.
The cookies are generously filled with chocolate chips. We've used a mixture of milk and dark chocolate for this recipe, but you can swap for white chocolate or dark chocolate, or even do a variety.
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For the nuts, we've used pecan nuts. Again, you can swap for walnuts, macadamia, or any nuts you like. You could also add some raisins or cranberries, so feel free to add other dried fruits to your taste.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
10 minutes
Yield
makes 4 dozen
Ingredients you'll need
1 cup or 8oz butter, softened
1 ½ cups sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
11/2 tsp vanilla extract
3 cups all purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
12 oz milk chocolate chips
6 oz pecans, roughly broken
Variations
- milk chocolate chips - white, dark or milk chocolate chips can be used for this recipe
- pecans, roughly broken - swap for walnuts, brazil nuts, macadamia or any other nut you like if you wish.
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 F / 180 C.
Cream butter & sugar till fluffy
2. Add eggs, vanilla, beat well. Blend in flour, baking soda & salt.
Please note, at this point, if you wanted to make a variety of cookie flavors, you can divide the cookie dough now and add your desired flavors, such as toffee, white chocolate, different nuts, raisins, cranberries etc.
3. Stir in milk chocolate chips & pecans.
Drop by spoonful or roll into small balls and bake for 10-12 minutes.
When ready, leave on the baking tray for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack where they will firm up.
Enjoy with a glass of cold milk!
These cookies will keep fresh in an air-tight container for a few days before they loose their crispness.
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Chocolate Pecan Cookies are filled with pecans and chocolate, crispy on the outside and chewy inside, easy cookie recipe and perfect with a glass of milk or cup of tea! Also great for gifts!
Ingredients
- 1 cup or 8oz butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 11/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 12 oz milk chocolate chips
- 6 oz pecans, roughly broken
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F / 180 C. Cream butter & sugar till fluffy.
- Add eggs, vanilla, beat well. Blend in flour, baking soda & salt.
Please note, at this point, if you wanted to make a variety of cookie flavours, you can divide the cookie dough now and add your desired flavours, such as toffee, white chocolate, different nuts, raisins, cranberries etc.
3. Stir in milk chocolate chips & pecans. Drop by spoonful & bake for 10-12 minutes.
4. When ready, leave on the baking tray for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack where they will firm up.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 48 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 161Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 101mgCarbohydrates: 19gFiber: 1gSugar: 12gProtein: 2g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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Healing Tomato
says:This is an awesome recipe and I can’t wait to try it
lovefoodies
says:Thanks very much!
Lauren @ HealthyDelish
says:Awesome recipe – I love the chocolate chip and pecan cookies from Pepperage Farm, but I never thought to make them myself.
lovefoodies
says:Thanks very much Lauren!
Joanne T Ferguson
says:G’day GREAT combination recipe and photo!
Cheers! Joanne @ What’s On The List
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lovefoodies
says:Thanks Joanne!
Patricia Conte
says:Craving these with a tall glass of milk! Yum!
lovefoodies
says:I’ll pour the milk and you help yourself to a cookie or three Patricia!
nettie
says:Oh I could eat a dozen of these!! nettie
lovefoodies
says:Help yourself Nettie, I made plenty for us all!
nettie
says:Smart!