Pecan-Pie Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 c 10 oz brown sugar
• 2 sticks 12 lb butter
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 23 c 8 oz flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 c 12 oz toasted pecans see note
• 34 c 5 oz toasted pecan meal see note

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325
2. Grease a cookie sheet or line the sheet with parchment paper
3. Cream butter and brown sugar in electric mixer until light and fluffy
4. Stir in egg and vanilla Add flour and baking soda mix until incorporated
5. Stir in pecans and pecan meal
6. Drop cookies by spoonfuls
7. Cookies can be any size desired
8. For a rounded teaspoon of dough space a couple of inches apart
9. Allow more spacing for larger cookies
10. Bake until golden
11. Baking time will vary greatly depending on the size of the cookies
12. Small 12 oz cookies bake in 5 to 7 minutes
13. The medium 2 12 oz cookies take about 15 minutes
14. The extra large 5 oz bake in about 20 minutes
15. To avoid over baking check cookies a couple of minutes before expected time is up