Maple-Nut Cookies with Maple Icing

Prep 1 hr 25 min
Total 1 hr 25 min
Servings 42

It's all about fall with these maple pecan cookies! They double up on the maple ingredients and are the perfect theme for the season that calls for nothing but flavor. Grab your apron and get baking, because these maple nut cookies will be a fall favorite for sure.

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated October 26, 2020

Ingredients

Cookies

3/4

cup pecan halves
1

cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2

cup packed brown sugar
1/2

teaspoon maple flavor
1

egg
2

cups all-purpose flour
1

tablespoon granulated sugar

Icing

3/4

cup powdered sugar
1

tablespoon milk
1

teaspoon maple flavor

Steps

1

Heat oven to 350°F. In 8-inch square pan, bake pecans 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until light brown. Spread nuts on cutting board; cool 5 minutes. Finely chop.
2

In large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar with electric mixer on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until fluffy. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon maple flavor and the egg until well blended. Stir in flour and chopped toasted pecans.
3

Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Flatten in crisscross pattern with fork dipped in granulated sugar.
4

Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until edges just begin to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 10 minutes.
5

In small bowl, mix icing ingredients until smooth; drizzle over cookies.

To soften 1 cup butter, microwave unwrapped butter in glass bowl or measuring cup uncovered on High 15 to 30 seconds.
Not a fan of pecans? Use walnuts instead.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie

Calories: 100
Calories from Fat: 50

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 6g; 9%
Saturated Fat 3g 15% Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol: 15mg; 6%
Sodium: 35mg; 1%
Potassium: 25mg; 1%
Total Carbohydrate: 10g; 3%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 5g
Protein: 1g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 2%; 2%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 0%; 0%
Iron: 2%; 2%

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 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 1/2 Fat;