Brown Butter Maple Pecan Cookies

Brown Butter Maple Pecan Cookies

EQUIPMENT

KITB Nesting Bowls Stand Mixer

 

INGREDIENTS

 

Cookies:

1 cup unsalted butter

½ cup confectioner's sugar

½ tsp fine sea salt

2 cups all-purpose flour

½ cup pecans, toasted and finely chopped

Maple Glaze:

2 cups confectioner's sugar

3 tablespoons real maple syrup

2-3 tablespoons water

½ teaspoon maple extract

⅛ teaspoon Fine sea salt

 

INSTRUCTIONS

 

Make the cookie dough:

  1. Place the butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat. Let the butter cook while occasionally stirring to ensure the butter is cooking evenly.
  2. Cook the butter until it is a deep golden brown color and smells nutty and toasted about 5 -7 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat.
  3. Let the butter cool to room temperature. Place the butter in the refrigerator until solid but scoopable and still soft.
  4. Combine the butter, the confectioner's sugar, and the salt into a mixing bowl of a KITB stand mixer.
  5. With the beater attachment, beat on low speed until combined, and we can stop the machine to scrape the bowl to ensure all ingredients are well mixed.
  6. Add the flour and the pecans to the butter mixture and mix until just combined, and no flour remains in the bowl.
  7. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface or a non-stick mat, and form the dough into a ball. Flatten to a disc, about 1" high, and wrap tightly with plastic wrap.

      8. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

 

Roll and cut out the cookies:

  1. Heat the oven to 350F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment.
  2. On a lightly floured surface or a non-stick mat, roll out the dough to about ¼" thick.
  3. Using a round fluted cookie cutter, cut rounds out of the dough and place them on the parchment cookie sheets, leaving about 2" between the cookies.
  4. Bake the cookies for 17-20 minutes until the edges are just starting to lightly brown. Cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheets. Transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.

 

Make the maple glaze:

  1. With another mixing bowl of KITB Nesting Bowls Stand Mixer, whisk together the confectioner's sugar, salt, maple syrup, water, and maple extract until smooth.
  2. Dip half of the cookies into the glaze and place on parchment paper.
  3. While the glaze is still wet, sprinkle with finely chopped pecans.
  4. Let the glaze set completely before serving. Enjoy!
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