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Brown Sugar Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies

Gluten Free
Dairy Free
Egg Free
Grain Free
Vegetarian
Vegan
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Just wanted you to know that these sweet, brown sugar chewy butter pecan cookies are sponsored by my friends over at Amoretti! 

These gluten free Butter Pecan Cookies are perfectly crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside! A paleo and vegan friendly dairy-free treat for the holidays!

Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies - These 6 ingredient, gluten free Butter Pecan Cookies are perfectly crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside! A paleo and vegan friendly, dairy-free treat for the holidays! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

PIN Brown Sugar Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies

Chew-chew-chew-CHEWWWWWY.

That is what these crisp, melt-in-your mouth little cookies with pecans are.

They’re festive little gems loaded with RICH, buttery ghee, sweet coconut sugar and MOLASSES for the CHEW that I am HIGHLY, HIGHLY addicted to during the Christmas-cookie-eating-season that we are currently in.

Internet friends. Everything in me <3 <3 <3’s everything about each and every nutty, chewy bite of this butter pecan cookie recipe. It reminds me of something that your Grandma would make, which means you can basically TASTE THE LOVE in EVERY BITE.

Cookies nestled with love in every delicious nook and cranny >>>> non-love cookies.

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FACT.

The outside of these brown sugar chewy butter pecan cookies bakes to the ULTIMATE golden brown, crispy goodness, while the inside is laced with flavorful notes of DEEP, rich molasses that keep it chewy and PERFECT.

Did you know that brown sugar helps baked good stay chewy because it has molasses in it? NOW YOU DO.

Which is why I cheated the system and used an EXTRA molasses punch to create the NIRVANA of cookie texture BLISS.

There IS always a method to my madness. I pinky swear.

How-EV-er, molasses is NOT the only super-secret-except-not-so-secret-anymore ingredient in this pecan cookies recipe.

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Amoretti’s Natural PECAN FLOUR is a real thing that exists on this Earth and it is just made ENTIRELY of nourishing, wholesome, healthy-fat loaded PECANS.

And you thought that you could only flour-i-fy coconut and almonds. <— Real life confession: I used to think this too, until Amoretti BROADENED MY HORIZONS, so you are not alone in this thinking.

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This delicious, nutty flour made some ADDICTING pecan pie paleo cookies last year, and it’s giving a 1-2 PECAN PUNCH of goodness in these paleo pecan cookies THIS YEAR.

Because why have one times the nuts when you could have TWO? Go big or GO HOME.

Although, home is probably where the cookies are, so maybe you want to go there….?

Never mind. That is beside the point.

Brown Sugar Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies Recipe - These 6 ingredient, gluten free cookies with pecans are perfectly crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside! A paleo and vegan friendly, dairy-free treat for the holidays! | Foodfaithfitness.com | @FoodFaithFit

The point is that these BUTTERY shortbread-like gluten free pecan cookies are loaded with all the nutty flavor that your mouth craves at the promise of such a flavor combo.

First the ghee glides over your tongue in buttery-bliss, which is one up-ed by the golden brown, toasty-pecan flour cookie shell and – the big finale – a CRISPY-CRUNCH of ROASTY, TOASTY real pecans.

Texture: chewy, melt in your mouth, CRISPY.

Flavor: BUTTERY. RICH. TOASTY. GRANDMA LOVE.

And not the kind of Grandma love that usually ends in you receiving some heinous sweater when it’s TOO LATE to rock it at an ugly Christmas sweater party.

Don’t lie. The sweater she made you last year is totally going to make its debut at a party this year. I KNOW YOU.

Anyway. These vegan pecan cookies are basically a mish-mash of deliciousness that is like going on a taste bud vacation to the land of cookie MAGIC.

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I don’t know where that it is, but I think we can all agree that we WANT TO GO THERE.

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Brown Sugar Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies

These gluten free Brown Sugar Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies are perfectly crisp on the outside and chewy on the inside! A dairy-free treat for the holidays!

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas, cookies, dairy free, gluten free, holiday desserts
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 18 Cookies
Calories 165 kcal

Ingredients

  • 1/2 Cup Pecans
  • 1/2 Cup Coconut sugar (or brown sugar)
  • 1/2 Cup Ghee, softened to room temperature (or butter or vegan butter)
  • 1 Tbsp Molasses
  • 1 1/2 Cups Amoretti Natural Pecan Flour (158g)
  • 6 Tbsp Coconut flour
  • 1/4 tsp Salt

Instructions

  1.  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spread your pecans on a small baking sheet and bake until nutty smelling about 10-12 minutes. Roughly chop and set aside. 

  2. Beat your coconut sugar with softened ghee for approximately 1 minute. Add 1 tbsp of molasses and beat until well combined. 

  3. Add 1 1/2 cups of pecan flour, 6 Tbsp of coconut flour and 1/4 tsp of salt to the bowl and stir until well mixed. Fold in the chopped pecans.

  4. Drop by tablespoon sized balls onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet and press out to about 1/2 inch. 

  5. Bake until the edges of the cookies are golden brown and the top of the cookie is just set approximately 14 minutes.

  6. Let cool on the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. 

  7. DEVOUR

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Nutrition Facts
Brown Sugar Chewy Butter Pecan Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 165 Calories from Fat 121
% Daily Value*
Fat 13.4g21%
Saturated Fat 4.5g28%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.6g
Cholesterol 13.3mg4%
Sodium 32.7mg1%
Potassium 22.4mg1%
Carbohydrates 10.4g3%
Fiber 2.3g10%
Sugar 6.6g7%
Protein 2.8g6%
Vitamin A 270IU5%
Calcium 27mg3%
Iron 0.5mg3%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PER SERVING: SMART POINTS: 7 POINTS+: 5. OLD POINTS: 4

(per 1 cookie)

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  14. Lacey says


    I would love to make chocolate caramel pecan bars with this flour. I can’t wait to try this cookie recipe. It looks amazing!

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  19. Kelly says


    I have no idea how it would work, but I would love to experiment with this flour and see if I could come up with a single serving pecan dessert, like a mug cake, but with all the flavors of pecan pie (but hopefully a lot less sugar/carbs).

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  20. Jennifer K says


    Yum! Reminiscent of pecan pie. I was craving something sweet, because I am pregnant and it’s the holidays. We didn’t have this pecan flour or coconut flour on hand, so trying with almond flour and toasted walnuts, regular flour an egg and some raw agave along with your recipe. If I had this Amoretti flour on hand I would make your cookies as is (I do love coconut flour, we just ran out) and probably a pecan pie crust with pumpkin filling.

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  21. Christina says

    Mmmmm baby, come to freaking momma!!! I love pecans so I know for a fact I’ll love this cookie! I’ve never made anything with pecan flour before so I’m excited to get my pecan goodness on! Awesome photos once again 🙂

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  26. Whitney says


    I would make pecan pie and use the flour in the crust. It would be a pecan overload but it would be delicious. I would also try making banana nut bread with the pecan flour and instead of putting walnuts in the batter I would put pecans. I think the flour would also make a great streusel topping. It actually seems like this flour can be very versatile.

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  29. Dorothy says

    I would like to try a Russian Tea cookie as I really miss them at this time of the year. Thanks for sharing this recipe, I am looking forward to giving these cookies a try as they sound perfectly delicious!

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  30. Cheri says


    I want to make a pecan raisin cookie with Amoretti Natural pecan Flour. It might be better than an oatmeal raisin cookie.

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  31. Christine says

    These cookies look amazing. I love pecans and I love anything with molasses. I think that pecan flour would be wonderful in a crust for pumpkin pie or a crust for chocolate pumpkin cheesecake.

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  37. Terrie says

    A pecan pie/tort crust is on my “first thing to make with this flour ” 😀😀 very excited about a new nut flour to add to my pantry

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  38. Anna says

    These look and sound amazing; I can’t wait to make them! I LOVE baking anything so I would love to try to the pecan flour in several other recipes, too!

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  39. Jill Roberts @ WellnessGeeky says


    I love healthy food and healthy desserts like your brown sugar chewy butter pecan cookies. It would be perfect breakfast! I found your post from Pinterest! I’m also gonna pin this post on my Pinterest board my followers will love it. Thanks for sharing!

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  40. Kristie says

    These looked delicious to me, and then I realized they were made from pecans. I love pecans! I haven’t ever heard of pecan flour, but I am sure it is delicious. 🙂 I pinned this!

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  41. Bella Hardy says


    Wow! This is gorgeous. I bet brown sugar chewy butter pecan cookies would be scrumptious amazing for kids. Will definitely try this for my son. Thanks for sharing.

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