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Cookies

Lemon oatmeal cookies, biscotti, and savory pimiento cheese cookies show the variety of this collection. Browse for a cookie’s texture and flavor, whether you want a small sweet bake or a savory bite.

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  • Biscotti

    Biscotti offer a firm cookie suited to slicing and a second bake. Ginger-almond and mocha preparations provide different flavors within that distinctive shape and texture.

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  • Keebler Pecan Sandies

    1½ cups vegetable shortening ¾ cups granulated sugar 1½ teaspoons sea salt 2 eggs 4 cups all-purpose flour ¼ teaspoon baking soda 2 tablespoons water 1 cup pecan…

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  • Mrs Fields Maple Pecan Butterballs

    1¼ cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon soda 1 teaspoon cinnamon ¾ cup pecan pieces; finely ground in food processor or blender ½ cup unsalted butter; softened ⅔ cups…

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  • Orange Pecan Cookies

    1 cup unsalted butter 1 tablespoon grated orange rind ½ cup brown sugar; firmly packed 2¾ cups flour ½ cup granulated sugar ¼ teaspoon baking soda 1 egg…

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  • Pecan and Chocolate Treat

    1 cup flour 2 tablespoons brown sugar; firmly packed ½ cup unsalted butter or margarine; soften 1 cup Heath Brickle Bits 2 eggs ¾ cups brown sugar; firmly…

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  • Pecan Fingers

    ¾ cups powdered sugar ⅓ cup shortening ⅓ cup margarine or unsalted butter; softened 1½ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon sea salt 2 eggs 1 cup brown sugar;…

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  • Pecan Spice Cookies

    ¼ cup oil; natural ½ cup maple syrup ¼ cup brown date sugar; packed ¾ cups whole wheat flour ½ cup all-purpose flour 1 cups pecan pieces ½…

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  • Pecan Tea Cookies

    1 cup unsalted butter or margarine 2 cups powdered sugar; unsifted 1 egg ½ teaspoon vanilla 2 cups all-purpose flour ⅛ teaspoon sea salt ½ teaspoon nutmeg 1…

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  • Polvorones

    1 cup granulated sugar ½ cup unsalted butter ½ cup lard 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla 2¼ cups all-purpose flour ¾ teaspoons cinnamon ¼ teaspoon anise seed,…

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  • Texas Maple Pecan Crisps

    ½ cup unsalted butter; soft ¾ cups light brown sugar; firmly packed 1 dash sea salt 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ teaspoon maple extract 1 egg; separated 1…

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  • Toasty Pecan Drop Cookies

    8 ounces German’s sweet chocolate 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 2 eggs ¾ cups granulated sugar ¼ cup flour; sifted 1¼ teaspoons baking powder ¼ teaspoon cinnamon ⅛ teaspoon…

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