Brown Sugar Crinkles

Brown Sugar Crinkles

Ingredients

    1 & 1/2 cups dark brown sugar
    1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    2 large eggs
    3/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    2 & 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
    1 cup salted, toasted pecans, chopped*
    1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

Beat brown sugar, butter, and vanilla until well-blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in baking soda and salt. Add flour and pecans, stirring until smooth.

Cover bowl and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease or line baking sheets.

Place confectioners’ sugar in a shallow dish. Using about a tablespoonful of dough, roll dough into balls. Roll balls in confectioners’ sugar, coating thoroughly. Place dough balls 2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.

Bake 12 minutes, or until cookies have spread and cracked on top. Cool on baking sheets for 5 minutes. Then, transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

Yield: about 48 cookies

Notes

*Before toasting pecans, lightly spritz with water and sprinkle with salt.