Double Pecan Thumbprint Cookies
Serves 36
15 mins prep
22 mins cook
37 mins total
These classic and delicious Double Pecan Thumbprint buttery shortbread cookies are made with a simple sugar cookie dough studded with chopped pecans and topped with homemade caramel icing and a toasted pecan.
Caramel Icing:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cream butter and sugar in mixer.
Mix in flour, salt, cinnamon, vanilla, and egg.
Stir in nuts.
Working in batches, scoop out tablespoon-sized amounts of dough and roll into balls between your hands.
Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet, spacing 2-inches apart.
Make indentation in each cookie with thumb.
Bake for 6 minutes. Re-indent cookies if needed with a wooden spoon and continue to bake for an additional 12 to 16 minutes until bottoms are golden brown.
Cool for 2 minutes and then remove to wire rack to finish cooling.
When cookies have cooled enough to be easily handled, carefully spoon caramel icing into the center of each, and place a single pecan in the center of each.
Caramel Icing:
In a small saucepan over medium heat, warm milk and melt butter.
Remove from the heat and stir in powdered sugar, ground cinnamon, and vanilla.