Toffee Pecan Cookies
I wanted to make some cookies from the Tate’s Bakeshop cookbook that was sent to me (be sure to enter my giveaway to win a copy for yourself!) and I needed to make some cookies for a holiday cookie swap. As I was flipping through the cookie section of the cookbook, and these cookie caught my eye. I love toffee and I’m still on a pecan kick thanks to all the delicious Thanksgiving treats I made.
I followed the recipe except I toasted my pecans. I love the flavor that toasted nuts bring to any recipe. I prefer chewy cookies so I took them out after 12 minutes in the oven and they were perfect for me.
I actually made these a week in advance and then frozen them since I knew I wouldn’t have time to bake right before the cookie swap. These were a big hit and I definitely recommend making these if you enjoy toffee.
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Toffee Pecan Cookies
Yield: 4 dozen
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups instant oats
1 cup butter, at room temp
1 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup pecans, chopped and toasted
2 cups toffee bits
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350. Grease two cookies sheets or line with parchment or a Silpat.
In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and oatmeal. Set aside.
In the bowl of a mixer, cream the butter and sugars until creamy. Add the egg and mix well. Add the vanilla and mix. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and mix again.
Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and beat until they are combined. Do not overmix. Stir in the toffee bits and pecans.
Drop cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheets.
Bake for 12-15 minutes for chewy cookies and 18-20 minutes for crunchy cookies.
Recipe from Tate's Bakeshop Cookbook
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
You know, I finally saw the cookie episode you keep mentioning last night. I caught it on right before bed! 🙂 It made me think of you.
Congratulations to Rachel!! And I would be sad that I didn’t win, but the day after I read your post I found the book at Costco and bought it! Couldn’t help myself. I had even told my husband about it knowing he would get it for Christmas or my birthday…but couldn’t wait.
And it is even more wonderful than I thought it would be! Thank you for the heads up. I don’t know what rock I had been living under, but I hadn’t even HEARD about this book until you posted about it!
And I am already anticipating volume two and three!
hehe – I just sent you an email! So excited to win something!!!
And yes Julie – I taped the cookie episode yesterday too. I always use the “Mrs. Fields/ Nieman Marcus $250 cookie recipe” but I will have to try Alton’s now that I have his book. =)
Thank you!!!!!!!
Yes, My DVR caught the chocolate chip cookie episode too. I can’t wait to watch it again.
I’m planning on reading this cookbook like a novel, front to back. There’s so much good info in it.
Congrats to the winner.