With a nod to praline candy, the traditional southern favorite, these cookies incorporate chopped caramelized pecans for a tasty treat sure to delight any nut lover.
Praline Sugar Cookies
- Prep Time 1 hr 10 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 5
- Servings 36
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup pecan halves
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
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Step1In 8-inch heavy skillet, melt 1/4 cup of the granulated sugar over medium-low heat about 3 minutes, without stirring, until golden brown. Watch carefully to avoid scorching. Remove from heat. Stir in pecan halves until coated. Pour mixture onto sheet of foil. Cool until hard, about 15 minutes. Finely chop pecan-sugar candy.
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Step2Heat oven to 325°F. In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir in brown sugar and vanilla until well blended. Stir in chopped pecan-sugar candy.
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Step3Using about 1 measuring teaspoon dough for each, shape dough into balls and roll in remaining 1/4 cup granulated sugar; place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
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Step4Bake 11 to 16 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets.
Nutrition
80
Calories
3g
Total Fat
0g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
9g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 45mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 5mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 9g
- Protein
- 0g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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