Pecan Pie Cookies (from Elizabeth's Edible Experience)
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 whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all cookie ingredients except flour and baking powder in large mixer bowl and beat until creamy. Reduce speed to low and add baking powder . Beat until well mixed.
Shape dough into 1 1/4 inch balls. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheet. Using your finger, make a small indentation or well big enough to host a small teaspoon of filling.
Combine all filling ingredients in a small bowl and stir to combine. Place one teaspoon of filling in each cookies' well. Bake for 8 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool one minute on the sheet and move to cooling rack. Enjoy!
**One note, I had extra filling left over. I saved it because I plan on making these again in the near future. However, it might be okay to scale back the filling quantities.
