Lemon Pecan Cookies are light, not too sweet, with just a touch of lemon taste, lemon and pecans, who knew?
1 2/3 cups (10-ounce package) HERSHEY’S vanilla milk chips divided
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated lemon peel ( I omitted this)
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract ( I increased to 1 teaspoon)
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
3/4 cup chopped pecans
Lemon Drizzle (recipe follows)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Reserve 2 tablespoons vanilla milk chips for drizzle. In large mixer bowl place flour, sugar, eggs, baking soda, lemon peel and lemon extract. In medium microwave safe bowl, place remaining vanilla milk chips and butter. Microwave at high (100%) for 1 minute; stir. If necessary, microwave at high an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips and butter are melted when stirred. Add vanilla chip mixture to flour mixture; beat until blended. Stir in pecans. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 9-11 minutes or until very slightly golden around the edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Prepare Lemon Drizzle; drizzle over cookies.
Lemon Drizzle
2 tablespoons Hershey’s vanilla milk chips
1/2 teaspoon shortening (do not use butter margarine or oil)
Yellow food color
Lemon extract
Note: I had to triple this to drizzle all of my cookies
In small microwave safe bowl, place reserved vanilla milk chips and shortening. Microwave on high (100%) 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave on high and additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred. Stir in a few drops of food color and a few drops of lemon extract, if desired.
Carrie's Experimental Kitchen says
These are so good! I don’t own many cookbooks but I do happen to have this one. Have fun with it!
Paula Sealey says
Yum! They look wonderful and I LOVE pecans 🙂
Paula @ Spoons ‘n’ Spades
juventia_jesica says
we can never have enough cookies 🙂
Joan@chocolateandmore says
@Carrie, it is a great cookbook, have found so many recipes I need to try out!
@Juventia you are sooo right!
@Paula, we love pecans too, being in Georgia we’d better, it’s one of the few “free” resources I have for baking. I’ll use them any way I can 🙂
Giselle says
These cookies look Delicious !
Joan@chocolateandmore says
@giselle, they are delishious, and I like that they have a light, just a touch of lemon taste.
Hari Chandana says
perfect and tempting cookies.. love the preparation too.. thanks for sharing 🙂
Indian Cuisine
Joan@chocolateandmore says
Hari, thanks so much for stopping in, and they are tempting, had to send them off the next day to hubby’s work!