Georgia Butter Pecan Cookies

It's Georgia. There are a bazillion pecan trees around here and most everyone has tons of shelled nuts in the freezer. (Stop. Nuts in freezer. Hahahaha! Back to our regularly schedule programming.) So what better way to use some of the delicious pecans I had riding out in my freezer?! These are a perfectly delectable autumn treat (or winter, spring, summer! ha!) I bet these would be awesome with a big ol' bowl of butter pecan ice cream?!

Georgia Butter Pecan Cookies

Yield: About 5 dozen | Prep Time: 10 minutes | Bake Time: 15-18 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 cup molasses
• 2 cups finely chopped pecans
• Powdered sugar

Directions

1. Mix flour and salt; set aside.
2. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl until light and fluffy. Add molasses; mix until well blended.
3. Gradually add flour / salt mixture into butter mixture; mix well. Stir chopped pecans into dough.
   
4. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; place about 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet(s). *I love my silicon baking mats!
5. Press a half a pecan into some or all of the cookies if you like. (See photo.)
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 18 minutes.
7. Dust or roll warm cookies in powdered sugar.

This recipe adapted from the Southern Living cookbook (1982 annual edition) from Varniece R. Warren from Hermitage, Arkansas.

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