Butter pecan isn’t just an ice cream flavor – although it is one of my faves. Butter pecans can also be found in cakes and cookies.
Butter pecans are made by toasting pecans in butter, either in a skillet or roasting them in the oven
Butter Pecan Cookies have amazing praline flavor
Butter + pecans + brown sugar + milk = pralines
Butter + pecans + brown sugar + cookie dough = the most amazing praline flavored Butter Pecan Cookie ever!
Browned butter adds nutty, toasty flavor
Browned butter adds a wonderful depth of flavor to these Butter Pecan Cookies. Because they’re not loaded with chocolate or other strong flavors, the nutty flavor of the browned butter really shines through.
Using browned butter in these Butter Pecan Cookies is perfect, because melted butter in cookie dough gives chewy, dense, and fudgy interiors.
