These Pecan Raisin Cookies are easy to make, soft and chewy inside and crispy outside. Loaded with raisins and pecan nuts, these make perfect snacks and gifts. These are a wonderful cookie with a crunch!

Pecan Raisin Cookies. Delicious easy cookies perfect with a glass of milk or cup of tea! Also great for gifts! | Lovefoodies.com

You get the flavours of the raisins and the pecans coming through and are perfect with a cup of tea or glass of cold milk.

I love how versatile this recipe is. You can swap the raisins for other dried fruit, such as cranberries, perhaps dried apricots or cherries, and also, for the nuts, you could use walnuts, macadamias... really, the sky's the limit! All you need to do is make sure you keep to the quantity ratios if you're swapping ingredients and you'll be fine!

They also make lovely gifts, especially over the holiday season. 

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Pecan Raisin Cookies. Delicious easy cookies perfect with a glass of milk or cup of tea! Also great for gifts! Very flexible recipe so you can swap the raisins and pecans for other fruits and nuts! Yummy!

Ingredients

1 cup (8 oz) 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 Raisins or Sultanas
6 oz pecans, roughly broken

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F / 180 C.

Cream butter & sugar till fluffy.

Pecan Raisin Cookies, creaming butter and sugar

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 raisins & pecans.

Drop by the spoonful or make into small balls & bake for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!

Pecan and Raisin Cookies, on baking sheet
Pecan Raisin Cookies. Delicious easy cookies perfect with a glass of milk or cup of tea! Also great for gifts! | Lovefoodies.com

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Pecan Raisin Cookies. Delicious easy cookies perfect with a glass of milk or cup of tea! Also great for gifts! Very flexible recipe so you can swap the raisins and pecans for other fruits and nuts! Yummy!

Pecan Raisin Cookies

Yield: 4 Dozen
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes

These Pecan Raisin Cookies are easy to make, soft and chewy inside and crispy outside. Loaded with raisins and pecan nuts, these make perfect snacks and gifts. These are a wonderful cookie with a crunch!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, softened, 8 oz
  • 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 Raisins or Sultanas
  • 6 oz pecans, roughly broken

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.
  3. *** 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.
  4. Stir in raisins & pecans. Drop by spoonful & bake for 10-12 minutes. Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 48 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 153Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 97mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 1gSugar: 14gProtein: 2g

Nutrition information isn’t always accurate

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  1. I made these! They are simply fabulous! My husband’s friends came over and they could not stop eating! However, they did comment it was a little too sweet. So may I know how much to reduce the white and brown sugar. Appreciate your help! Thank you!

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    Sandra Beebe

    says:

    5 stars
    These are absolutely delicious. I substituted shortening for the butter because I have a dairy allergy. They turned out chewy on the inside and a bit crisp on the outside, with a toffee flavor to them. Such a perfect combination with the raisins and pecans. Thank you for the wonderful recipe, I will certainly be saving this one.

    1. Patti, I always use a cookie scoop. It makes uniformly sized balls of dough. The scoop can be found at most retailers (Target, Walmart, Michaels, etc). You can also just use a regular spoon (like what you stir your coffee with). Just scoop out a rounded spoon of dough and use another same size spoon to easily drop on baking pan.

  3. I made these today and substituted craisins because I was out of raisins. Delicious! The red craisins make them look more festive on the holiday cookie trays. Great recipe!!