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!
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.
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. <—That’s why the brown butter oatmeal cookies are SO chewy too!!
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.
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.
[clickToTweet tweet=”Melt in your mouth, chewy #Paleo #Vegan Butter Pecan Cookies are perfect for #Christmas! @Amoretti” quote=”Melt in your mouth, chewy #Paleo #Vegan Butter Pecan Cookies are perfect for #Christmas! @Amoretti” theme=”style2″]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.
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.
I don’t know where that it is, but I think we can all agree that we WANT TO GO THERE.
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
- 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.
- Beat your coconut sugar with softened ghee for approximately 1 minute. Add 1 tbsp of molasses and beat until well combined.
- 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.
- Drop by tablespoon sized balls onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet and press out to about 1/2 inch.
- Bake until the edges of the cookies are golden brown and the top of the cookie is just set approximately 14 minutes.
- Let cool on the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- DEVOUR
Nutrition Info:
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WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS PER SERVING: SMART POINTS: 7 POINTS+: 5. OLD POINTS: 4
(per 1 cookie)
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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 🙂
Taylor Kiser says
Thank you so much Christina! You would LOVE the flour!
Elizabeth says
I would maybe try chocolate chip cookie bars, or banana pecan pancakes!
Taylor Kiser says
Both of those sound so tasty!
Gertrude says
I’d like to make some type of cheesecake incorporating the pecan flour in a crust.
Taylor Kiser says
YUMMMM! Good luck!
elsa says
This sounds soooo good. I would like to try to make pie crust out of this and make pecan pie hahah
Taylor Kiser says
Haha YUM! I love all the pecan goodness!
Jen says
These cookies look like pure perfection! And I love that they are gluten free!!
Taylor Kiser says
Thank you Jen!!
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.
Taylor Kiser says
NEVER can have a pecan overload! Good luck!
jackie dodd says
These look amazing! Definitely sharing this recipe 🙂
Taylor Kiser says
Thanks so much Jackie!
Liz @ The Lemon Bowl says
These sound perfect for the holidays!!
Taylor Kiser says
Thanks!
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!
Taylor Kiser says
I hope you love them! 🙂
Dorothy says
I DO love them! Oh My! I almost didn’t bother baking them as the mix was so tasty! They are even better cooked, though! Just as you said, crispy on the outside and deliciously chewy on the inside! So yum I didn’t want to share, but I did and everyone agreed, I should make some more! Thanks Taylor!
Taylor Kiser says
YAY! I am SOOOO glad you loved them!! Thank you for letting me know!!! 🙂
Cheri says
I want to make a pecan raisin cookie with Amoretti Natural pecan Flour. It might be better than an oatmeal raisin cookie.
Taylor Kiser says
That would be SO GOOD!!