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Butter Pecan Nuggets – Shortbread Recipe!

December 13, 2009 by Shelby 40 Comments

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This post is sponsored on behalf of #ChristmasCookiesWeek. The generous sponsors, YumGoggle, Sprinkle Pop, Silpat, and Adams Extracts have provided us with products for recipe creation and a giveaway for our readers. As always, all opinions are my own.

These Butter Pecan Nuggets are small bites of buttery shortbread with a pecan half in the center of the dough. Topped off with a light glaze drizzle and some festive sprinkles, these are a great cookie to put out on your holiday cookie tray!

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Butter Pecan Nuggets

Butter Pecan Nuggets are a winner recipe and a long time favorite of mine! The buttery shortbread cookie dough has a toasted pecan hiding inside. I always put a roasted and salted pecan half just because I like the sweet/salty contrast!

Butter Pecan Nuggets

Drizzled with white frosting and decorated with blue and white sparkly sugars. Or, you could go with red and green for a different color scheme. In either case, these cookies are still delicious and festive!

Butter Pecan Nuggets

These cookies are really easy to put together and start out a bit different from your normal cookie recipe. It all starts in the saucepan! All of your ingredients except for the flour goes into the pan and cooked over the stove-top until the butter is melted and all ingredients have been combined.

Butter Pecan Nuggets

HOW DO YOU GET THE PECAN IN YOUR BUTTER PECAN NUGGETS?

These cookies are actually bite-sized (or maybe two bites!).  You will scoop about a tablespoon of dough from your pan and shape it around the pecan. You may need to squeeze the dough together (making a fist) to get it to stick together in the beginning, but don’t worry, it will come together. Then I shape it into a log shape for aesthetics!
Butter Pecan Nuggets
Once the cookies come out of the oven, you will want to move them to a cooling rack and let them cool completely before frosting them. It’s ok if you’re tempted to try a couple warm as this makes about 4 dozen cookies. So go ahead, taste away!
Glaze for Butter Pecan Nuggets

WHAT FLAVOR EXTRACT CAN YOU USE IN BUTTER PECAN NUGGETS GLAZE?

I simply use a clear vanilla extract. However, feel free to try other flavors! One that may complement this buttery cookie very well is a caramel flavor. It will tint the color or the icing a little but it would probably taste amazing!
Butter Pecan Nuggets

MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THESE TIPS BELOW FOR A SUCCESSFUL BUTTER PECAN NUGGET RECIPE!

  • Watch the sugar/butter mixture carefully while on the cooktop. You don’t want this to start boiling, just bring it to melting temperature.
  • Gradually add the flour to your sugar mixture. Adding it all at once will make it difficult to combine.
  • When wrapping the pecan in the dough, you may need to squeeze the dough in your fist to compress it. 
  • Cool the nuggets completely before drizzling with icing
  • Bonus tip! To reduce your mess when drizzling with icing, be sure to do so on a cooling rack with some parchment paper underneath the rack to catch any icing drips!

Butter Pecan Nuggets

The only hard thing about this recipe, besides wanting to eat one after another, is deciding which colored sprinkles you like best. Do you want the blue and white, or the red and green? Oh, decisions can sometimes be so difficult!

Butter Pecan Nuggets

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Yield: 4 dozen

Butter Pecan Nuggets

These Butter Pecan Nuggets are small bites of buttery shortbread with a pecan half in the center of the dough. Topped off with a light glaze drizzle and some festive sprinkles, these are a great cookie to put out on your holiday cookie tray!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup pecan halves
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2-1/2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon clear vanilla
  • 4-5 teaspoons milk
  • colored sugars

Instructions

Spread pecans in a single layer on a cookie sheet. Toast in a 325 oven for about 12 minutes or til golden. Remove and cool.

In a medium saucepan, combine butter and brown sugar. Heat and stir til butter is melted. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Cool.

Stir in flour til well mixed. Shape into 3/4 inch balls. Press a toasted pecan half into each ball and enclose nut in dough to form an oval. Place on cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake at 325 degrees for 20 minutes or til done. Remove and cool.

Stir together powdered sugar, clear vanilla and enough milk to make of drizzling consistency. Place frosting in decorating bag and cut at the very tip to make a small hole. Drizzle over cookies. Sprinkle with colored sugar.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

2 cookies

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 170 Total Fat: 10g Cholesterol: 20mg Carbohydrates: 20g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 10g Protein: 2g
© Shelby
Cuisine: American / Category: Desserts
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Comments

  1. Amanda says

    December 13, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    oh Shelby, those are soooo pretty!!! I love them!

    Reply
  2. Helene says

    December 14, 2009 at 12:56 am

    Wow, another recipe to bookmark. I have never seen any blue sugar around here. Really helps decorating this cookie.

    Reply
  3. Mags says

    December 14, 2009 at 1:38 am

    Oh my gosh… those are so pretty!

    Reply
  4. Katy ~ says

    December 14, 2009 at 1:39 am

    Congratulations to the winners!

    And boy, everyone is a winner who has an opportunity to enjoy these beautiful cookies. Lots of WOW in these!

    Reply
  5. Linda says

    December 14, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    Very pretty, HoneyB!

    Reply
  6. CookiePie says

    December 14, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    Beautiful cookies!!!

    Reply
  7. Barbara Bakes says

    December 14, 2009 at 3:58 pm

    Love the simple drizzle and pretty little sugars!

    Reply
  8. Jessie says

    December 14, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    I just love the decoration along with the pretty sprinkles on the cookies. Congrats to the winners as well!

    Reply
  9. teresa says

    December 14, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    congrats to the winners! i LOVE those pretty little cookies, they look delicious!

    Reply
  10. Tasty Eats At Home says

    December 14, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    I love the blue and white sparklies! Yum!

    Reply
  11. averagebetty says

    December 14, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    So pretty and I love the idea of a pecan hiding inside!

    Reply
  12. Shirley says

    December 15, 2009 at 4:42 am

    These sure look divine!

    Reply
  13. Bellini Valli says

    December 15, 2009 at 6:40 am

    These do look like a winner Shelby!!!

    Reply
  14. Lori says

    December 15, 2009 at 1:27 pm

    These look so delicious. I love how the sugar looks like jewels.

    Reply
  15. Pam says

    December 15, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Very yummy blog!

    Bee happy and enjoy!

    Reply
  16. Robin Sue says

    December 15, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    I found the white and blue sugar alluring too. Makes it look so festive and shiny! All these treats you are making look so beautiful!

    Reply
  17. Debbie says

    December 15, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    I was going to cut my baking down this year, but, now you show us these!
    what to do? what to do?
    (make them of course!)

    Reply
  18. Cristine says

    December 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    So pretty!

    Reply
  19. Brad says

    December 15, 2009 at 9:19 pm

    Your recipe and pics are great, Thanks.

    Reply
  20. Jamie says

    December 16, 2009 at 4:00 am

    Shelby,
    These are some pretty cookies. Looks lke a piece of art…food art! I would love some of those with my nightly cup of tea.

    Reply
  21. Flourchild says

    December 16, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    I love a good butter cookie and thes look especially delicious! Im going to try your recipe this week!

    Reply
  22. Ingrid says

    January 3, 2010 at 2:25 am

    Yay! Congrats to me and thanks to you!
    ~ingrid

    Reply
  23. marla {Family Fresh Cooking} says

    November 26, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    These are such delicate & sweet cookies. Perfect with a cup of coffee & the upcoming winter holidays 🙂

    Reply
  24. Megan says

    November 27, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    What a pretty little cookie. They remind me of your snowflake cookies. They were that pretty blue too and I have not forgotten them!

    Reply
  25. moderncomfortfood says

    November 28, 2010 at 12:21 pm

    My extended family has a Christmas cookie bake and share party every year, and I'm definitely going to pick these as my 2010 contribution. I just love everything about these excellent cookies, Shelby. Beautiful!

    Reply
  26. sarahworldcook says

    February 2, 2011 at 12:46 am

    Came across you via StumbleUpon. Great recipe- very pretty. They look like they would be great with tea/coffee. I'm looking forward to checking your site out more.
    http://homestyleworldcook.blogspot.com

    Reply
  27. Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says

    November 11, 2014 at 6:16 pm

    I'm having a great time co-hosting The Ultimate Virtual Cookie & Goodies Part & Giveaway. Thanks for linking up your tasty recipe! Stop back by the party and exchange more recipes. Pinned, Shared, and Tweeted… 🙂

    ~Lorelai
    Life With Lorelai

    Reply
  28. Sue Lau says

    December 3, 2018 at 1:14 pm

    These look so perfectly bite sized- and love that blue sugar.

    Reply
  29. Cindy says

    December 3, 2018 at 9:19 pm

    I like the little surprise inside! I have to try these out soon!

    Reply
  30. Liz @ Books n' Cooks says

    December 5, 2018 at 2:48 pm

    I’ve never heard of this type of cookie before, but I’m excited to try one!

    Reply

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