The Twelve Cookies of Christmas: Pecan Spice Cookies
Taken from this recipe. Today's recipe was super simple, but really tasty. This is a great recipe if you don't have a lot of time or energy.
The ingredients, assembled. I don't have the salt in this picture, but it should be there too. It's a pretty small list of ingredients, which is always nice.
Shortening mixes so much more easily then butter! It's always soft, unlike butter. I don't really use it a lot, though, but it does have its place in the world of baking. And it's transfat-free now, which is important.
The dry ingredients, blended.
The dry and wet ingredients, mixed. It's much drier than I anticipated. I thought it would roll really easily like the molasses cookies last week, but that was not the case.
This is as mixed as I could get it. It's pretty crumbly, so don't worry if yours is too.
You can't really roll these into balls, like the recipe says, but you can sort of squeeze them into balls. The pecans on top don't really stick into the dough well, because it's so dry and precarious, but just sort of set them in as best as you can.
Mine needed the full 12 minutes, and this was the final result. They did not make nearly as much as it says it should, but I couldn't have made them any smaller. These end up being the perfect size, about three or four bites.
Here's the interior texture, close up...
The cookies smell really strongly of clove, but the clove flavor isn't overpowering. It will leave your home smelling like the holidays! These are definitely a great, really simple Christmas cookie. They are also super sweet. You only need a couple before you're done. I'm going to try freezing these, like I've been doing with all the others. I want to eat these again at Christmas!
Happy Baking!
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