Steps to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Pecan Log Cookies

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pecan log cookies. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Pecan Log Cookies is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Pecan Log Cookies is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have pecan log cookies using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pecan Log Cookies:

1. Take 1 1/4 cup flour
2. Prepare 1/3 cup finely ground pecans
3. Make ready 1/4 tsp salt
4. Prepare 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature
5. Get 1/3 cup sugar
6. Prepare 2 tsp vanilla extract
7. Take 2 tsp heavy cream ** optional see note
8. Make ready 1 bowl of cold water
9. Make ready 1 cup finely ground pecans- for rolling/coating
10. Get 1/2 cup semi chocolate
11. Take 1 ** I have nerve damage in arm/wrist/hand and I now add heavy/whipping cream to make the dough more pliable and easier to shape

Instructions to make Pecan Log Cookies:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line large baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease it.
2. In a small bowl stir flour,ground pecans, and salt until combined.
3. In a large bowl, beat the butter and gradually add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add vanilla and beat until smooth and creamy…about 2 minutes.
4. Stir in flour mixture with heavy cream (if using) until combined.
5. Pinch off pieces of dough with rounded teaspoon. Form dough into a log.
6. Dip log in water and then roll in ground pecans to coat, using 1/4 cup of ground pecans at a time so they don't get too wet. Press pecans onto cookie to thoroughly coat. Reshape logs and place on prepared baking sheet.
7. Bake for 10- 15 minutes, or until lightly golden. Cool on wire rack.
8. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler, dip one end of cooled cookie in chocolate and place on baking sheet lined with wax paper. Cool in fridge until chocolate is set.
9. Enjoy!!!
10. Makes 2 1/2 to 4 dozen depending on how large or small you make the logs

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