Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cinnamon pecan chocolate chip cookies combine roasted pecans with brown butter chocolate chip cookies. The cookies are super chewy cookies filled with brown butter and chocolate chips. They are made with roasted pecans mixed with brown butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
These chocolate chip pecan cookies are a must bake. The best part is actually the pecans. I am not a huge nut fan, but I love these! What makes these so good, is they get chopped small. Then, they are mixed with brown sugar, cinnamon, and brown butter. It gives the cookies a very warm flavor. They taste like Christmas.
I have tips and tricks and process photos to easily help you make this recipe! If you love pecan desserts, you have to try my pecan pie cookies.
Tips for making the cookies
Here are my tips, so yours turns out like this recipe! See my how to brown butter post for more tips.
- Tip 1: First, brown the butter. Only half of the butter is browned for the cookie dough plus a little more for the pecans.
- Tip 2: Roast the pecans. The pecans get roasted in brown butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. It adds a lot of flavor to the nuts and cookies.
- Tip 3: Let the cookie dough rest for 10 minutes. Once it is made, let it sit for the gluten to absorb into the dough. This helps with spreading.
FAQ’s
If you use a large biscuit cutter, and scoot the cookies into a circle while they are very warm. I use this for every cookie recipe.
Yes you can. Bake for 8-11 minutes. However, baking a large cookie will get a more chewier cookie. I strongly recommend baking them big!
Yes you can!
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Storing and Freezing
Store these pecan chocolate chip cookies in an airtight container and store up to 5 days.
The cookie dough balls can be frozen to be baked later. Bake for an additional 1-3 minutes. The baked cookies can also be frozen. Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze in an airtight container up to 30 days. Thaw for 1 hour before eating.
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Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
Pecans
- 1 1/2 cups Chopped pecans
- 2 1/2 TBSP Dark brown sugar
- 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
Cookies
- 1 cup Plus 3 TBSP Unsalted butter, brown 1/2 cup plus 3 TBSP room temperature
- 1 cup Dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup White granulated sugar
- 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
- 2 Large eggs, room temperature
- 1 Egg yolk, room temperature
- 2 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon
- 1 3/4 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup Pecans, the rest are to top the cookies.
Instructions
Pecans
- In a large frying pan over medium heat, melt 1/2 cup plus 3 TBSP of butter. Heat until the milk deposits separate and the butter turns amber. Pour into a glass container. Place in the fridge to cool.1 cup Plus 3 TBSP Unsalted butter
- Chop 1 1/2 cups of pecans. Mix pecans, 2 TBSP of brown butter, 2 1/2 TBSP brown sugar, and cinnamon.1 1/2 cups Chopped pecans, 2 1/2 TBSP Dark brown sugar, 1 tsp Ground cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray. Pour pecans on top of the cookie sheet and spread out. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool completely before using.
Cookies
- Using a mixer, beat 1/2 cup butter and the slightly cooled brown butter, brown sugar, and sugar. Beat on high for 2 minutes. Add in vanilla, eggs, and egg yolk. Beat on high for 1 minute. The batter will be light and fluffy.1 cup Plus 3 TBSP Unsalted butter, 1 cup Dark brown sugar, 1/2 cup White granulated sugar, 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract, 2 Large eggs, 1 Egg yolk
- Add in sifted flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix on low until just combined. Add in 1 cup of pecans and chocolate chips. TIP: Pull out the best looking pecans to top the cookies with.2 1/2 cup All-purpose flour, 1 tsp Baking soda, 1 tsp Salt, 1 3/4 cup Semi-sweet chocolate chips, 1 cup Pecans, 1/4 tsp Ground cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Let the cookie dough rest for 10 minutes to prevent spreading.
- Use a large cookie scoop. Scoop the cookies and place 6 cookie dough balls per cookie sheet.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes until the edges are lightly golden brown. Top with extra pecans and chocolate chip cookies. Let sit for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack. Bake the rest of the cookies 1 tray at a time.
These cookies are decadent! Absolutely delicious. My kids ate them all in no time…
BEST COOKIES EVER HOLY COW! The roasted pecans are IT!
They’re the best cookies I’ve ever made – i love the touch of cinnamon! It brings out the chocolate flavor so well!
I really enjoy, that you can switch to metric as well – it makes it so much easier for me as a Dane to make these recipes.
Definitely not my last try with your recipes
Can I just tell ya’ll these are so freaking good. I stumbled upon her IG and saw these and needed a cookie recipe cause my mom is holding out on hers lol. I made these last year over in November before Thanksgiving for a church function and have been making them every weekend since. Everyone requests these cookies, its to the point where I am tired and ready to give the people the recipe for themselves lol. MAKE THESE AT YOUR OWN RISK, they WILL be a hit and people wont leave you alone about it.
Made these cookies yesterday during a snow day at home – they are so, so delicious. I almost ate all of the batter before actually putting them in the oven 😀 The texture is wonderful, and they’re so chewy. There are a good amount of steps to this recipe, but they aren’t difficult. I made the smaller size since I only have a 1 oz scoop, but they turned out just fine! Next time I’ll experiment with the larger size. Can’t wait to bake more of your recipes, Stephanie!
Oh my!!!!! Slap my momma and call me Betty these cookies are amazing. To quote my husband exactly “ these are the best cookies you have made”. Honestly the roasted pecans alone I came eat by the handful but if you follow the recipe exactly they are absolutely amazing in the cookies. This is a MUST TRY. Do u want to impress your stubborn mother-in-law… make these cookies. Want your kids to stop screaming…make these cookies! Or just want to be an all star at the bake sale make these cookies. Thank Stephanie later!!!
Super delicious!! I just would’ve used less chocolate out of personal preference but my friends loved them!!!!
They are the best cookies. The family loved them so much! Delicious 🤤
I made this for friends and we all loved it! The only thing I would change is I would candy the pecans on the stove into a brittle 🙂
These cookies were delicious! Making them was so much fun and they lived up to everything I thought they were going to be. 100% recommend trying this recipe!
I’d really love to make this but I only have a scale, please could you put the measurements in grams? (Especially the pecans, chocolate chips and flour)
I have metric available! Up where it says ingredients it says US and then metric. Click metric!
These cookies are amazing. They are so so good.
So delicious!! The dash of cinnamon makes these the perfect cookie for a cozy fall day in. These were even approved by those who aren’t crazy about nuts in their cookies.