These easy and sweet cookies bring me back to my mama's holiday baking! Chewy Brown Sugar Pecan cookies topped with a praline icing drizzle (or dunk!) for a delicious cookie spin on the classic Southern candy. Make sure to hide some for yourself, they're irresistible!
Prep Time17 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time27 minutesmins
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: Southern
Servings: 36cookies
Calories: 43kcal
Author: Eden Westbrook
Ingredients
Cookies
½cup113 g unsalted butter, softened
1 ½cups250 g light brown sugar, packed
1large egg
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1 ½cups125 g all-purpose flour
1 ½teaspoonbaking powder
¼teaspoonkosher salt
1cup110 g pecans, roughly chopped
Praline Icing
1cup200 g light brown sugar
½cup120 mL heavy whipping cream
1cup120 g powdered sugar
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar with an electric hand mixer until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add in the egg and vanilla extract and mix until well incorporated.
Combine the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and kosher salt in a separate mixing bowl; add to the creamed butter and mix well with a baking spatula by hand until the dry ingredients are just before they are fully mixed in. Add in the pecans and gently mix them in until all the ingredients are mixed in well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill for about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
Form dough into balls using a cookie scoop then place 2 inches apart on silicone baking mat lined (or parchment paper-lined) baking sheets. Bake the praline cookies at 350° for 10 minutes.
Let cool on pans for 5 minutes then remove to cool on wire racks.
Praline Icing
Stir together the brown sugar and cream in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until sugar is dissolved and the mixture comes to a boil, stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat and whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Drizzle over cookies or dip the cookies into the icing.
Notes
Freezing Cookies
Place cookies on a parchment paper lined plate in one layer, freeze until firm, place into a freezer-safe zip top bag for up to 4 months!To eat them, simply thaw them in the fridge overnight or warm them up in a very low oven for about 10-15 minutes or until nice and warm and ready to eat! If the praline candy softens too much, let the cookies cool down and the praline firm up again out of the oven for about 10 minutes.