These were not at all like we were expecting, the first time I made them. For some reason I thought they might be chewy but they were definitely biscuit/cookie like. This made them all the more popular with the girls – especially Violet.
For complete luxury, they are wonderful dipped into Dulce de leche or caramel but beware, it can get messy! I use browned butter for more depth of flavour but if you are short on time, regular melted butter works too.
PECAN COOKIE BITES
| Serves | 22 |
| Prep time | 15 minutes |
| Cook time | 23 minutes |
| Total time | 38 minutes |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
INGREDIENTS
- 125g Self Raising Flour
- 2 teaspoons Cornflour
- 3 tablespoons Soft Dark Brown Sugar
- 125g Pecan Nuts (Blitzed in a blender for a few seconds to make a powder with some chunks remaining)
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- 4oz Browned Butter
- 150g Icing Sugar
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Brown the butter first and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking tray with baking parchment | |
| 2. | |
| Mix together the flour, cornflour, baking powder & pecan ‘flour’ in a bowl | |
| 3. | |
| Add the brown sugar & combine and then add the vanilla | |
| 4. | |
| Add in the brown butter and immediately start to mould into balls about the size of a Ferrero Rocher. It will take a bit of force to get them to stick. You will get approximately 22-25 balls. | |
| 5. | |
| Bake for 23 minutes & remove from the oven. | |
| 6. | |
| Pour the icing sugar into a medium sized bowl and as soon as your hands can stand it, roll the balls in the icing sugar. Place back on the oven tray. I do 3 balls at a time. | |
| 7. | |
| The heat of the balls and the tray will melt some of the icing sugar as a first layer. Then double dip them back in the icing sugar. | |
| 8. | |
| Eat within 2 days (this is hilarious – they will never last that long!) | |
Thanks very much, I am glad to see that my entry of mango smoothie is number 2. All other entries are also very good.
Pecan-cookie-bites are awesome, I will try them because there is no egg.
These are great cookies Helen 🙂
The kind that I can’t stop eating once I start…..
Thanks for featuring me Helen!
I have another lovely foodie post to link up this week. I’m enjoying your new ‘no theme’ linky!!!
xx
I know what you mean about thinking these would be chewy. I bet they taste great either way – and yes: 2 days. When did home baking ever last 2 days??
What a wonderful tower of yumminess-Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays x
Brown butter makes everything better, these look great. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!