Cookie Carnival Pecan Pie Cookies

This Month's Cookie Carnival (for Nov/Dec) was this great pecan pie cookie. It is rich and buttery. My husband rated it a 9 or even possibly a 10. I did chill my dough to keep it from spreading. These would be a great addition to your holiday treat plates. I used small cookie scoop and ended up making 45 cookies.

Pecan Pie Cookies - from Land O Lakes - makes ~3 dozen
(Printable Version)

Cookie Ingredients:
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder

Filling Ingredients:
1 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla

Heat oven to 350°F. Combine all cookie ingredients except flour and baking powder in large bowl. Beat at medium speed until creamy. Reduce speed to low; add flour and baking powder. Beat until well mixed.

Shape dough into 1 1/4-inch balls. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Make indentation in each cookie with thumb; rotate thumb to hollow out slightly.

Combine all filling ingredients in small bowl; fill each cookie with 1 rounded teaspoon filling. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned (mine took about 10 minutes). Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets.