Best Pecan Crunch Cookies Recipes

RENEE'S PECAN CRUNCH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease baking sheets.
• In a bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, and salt together. In a separate large bowl, cream the butter, 1 cup of white sugar, and brown sugar until smooth, and beat in the eggs and vanilla extract until well combined. Stir in the flour mixture, and mix the pecans into the dough.
• Drop the dough by tablespoons onto the prepared baking sheets, about 2 inches apart. Place 1/2 cup of white sugar into a shallow bowl. Moisten the bottom of a drinking glass with a wet cloth, and dip the glass bottom into the sugar. Flatten cookies with the sugared glass, dipping into sugar for each cookie.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 9 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool on sheets for a minute or two before removing to finish cooling on racks.

PECAN CRUNCH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Cream butter and sugar together; add remaining ingredients.
• Make walnut sized balls with the dough.
• Flatten ball with a glass bottom dipped in sugar.
• Bake for approximately 15 minutes, or until golden.
• Remove and cool on rack.

CARAMEL PECAN CRUNCH COOKIES

Steps:

• 1. In a glass bowl add caramels and cream and microwave on high in 10-12 second depending on your microwave) increments till liquified and smooth, stirring w/ a rubber spatuala every time you take out to stir. Once melted and smooth, set aside.
• 2. Sift together; flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Set aside.
• 3. Combine cereal with milk, stirring thoroughly to make sure the cereal has been thoroughly saturated with milk. Set aside.
• 4. In a stand up mixer, or hand mixer and bowl, start by creaming butter; add sugar gradually, beating until fluffy. Add eggs and beat thoroughly.
• 5. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture.
• 6. Alternate by adding wet (cereal/milk) mixture. Mixing until blended after each addition.
• 7. Drop by slightly rounded teaspoonfuls (I used a melon ball scooper) onto greased or parchment paper lined or silicon pad (silicon pad in picture) cookie sheets
• 8. Bake @ 375 for 10 minutes.
• 9. Remove onto baking rack. Let cool a few minutes.
• 10. Drizzle with Caramel Sauce. You can decorate with finely chopped pecans if you like. We liked that because it gave the cookies such a pretty look. Ennjoy!!

PECAN CRUNCH COOKIES/POTATO CHIP COOKIES (GRANDMA M/CAROL)

Steps:

• Cream together butter, sugar, vanilla. Add crushed potato chips and nuts. Stir in flour. Form into small balls, place on greased cookie sheet. Press balls with bottom of tumbler tipped in sugar. Bake 350 degrees 16 - 18 minutes until light browned.