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Pecan Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
Pecan Chocolate Sandwich Cookies. Soft, buttery, chewy cookies filled with chunks of pecans and sandwiched together with velvety smooth, rich chocolate ganache.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Servings 12 sandwich cookies
Ingredients
For the cookie dough
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or butterscotch flavouring or both! Hint, hint.
- 1 cup pecan pieces
For the chocolate ganache filling
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup whipping cream
Instructions
To prepare and bake the cookie dough
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Preheat oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
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In a medium sized bowl whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda.
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In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla and combine thoroughly.
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Add the flour mixture to the sweetened butter. Mix only enough to incorporate flour. Do not overmix. Fold in the pecan pieces.
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Form cookies by dropping a rounded teaspoon of dough on the prepared cookie sheet two inches apart. Bake until light brown around the edges, about 12 minutes, depending on cookie size.
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Over baking is the biggest problem with these cookies. Your oven temperature and the type of cookie sheet you use will vary the baking times considerably. When they are golden brown around the edges is the time to remove them from the oven.
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Cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet before removing to a wire rack to cool thoroughly. sandwich together with chocolate ganache filling.
To prepare the chocolate ganache filling
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Melt the chocolate and whipping cream together in a double boiler until smooth. Let the cream warm up first before adding the chocolate chips.
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Let cool to room temperature and then spoon a heaping teaspoon of the mixture between two of the pecan cookies.