Recipe for the most delicious pecan shortbread cookies

If there’s one thing that has grown in popularity over the past few months, it’s baking. From mini apple pies on the BBQ to homemade smarties cookies and everything in between. It makes sense, because it wonderfully relaxes us (unless something goes wrong—then we turn into Gordon Ramsay). Our latest baking obsession: these pecan shortbread cookies.

A recipe that isn’t too complicated, resulting in cookies that will delight plenty of people. The recipe comes from Sarah Crawford from New York, known on Instagram as @bromabakery. Scroll through her feed and you’ll want to make everything at once, but we’re starting with the pecan shortbread cookies.

How to make pecan shortbread cookies

• Preheat your oven to 175 degrees, lightly grease a deep 23 cm by 23 cm baking pan with butter, and then line it with baking paper. A springform pan works too, of course, but keep in mind that it should have roughly the same capacity.
• Make the cookie base by mixing the butter, sugar and vanilla extract until fluffy. Add the flour and salt and mix until just combined (no longer, or it will become tough). It will be somewhat crumbly.
• Press everything into your baking pan and make sure it forms a reasonably even base. Set aside.
• Make the topping by stirring the melted butter and flour together in a large bowl until a kind of thick paste forms. Add the maple syrup, egg, vanilla extract, maple extract (or your substitute) and salt, and stir until everything is well combined. Finally, add the pecans.
• Pour the mixture over your cookie base and, if necessary, spread it out with the rounded side of a spoon.
• Bake for approximately 40 minutes in the preheated oven and allow to cool completely before cutting the cookie into pieces. Bake the cookie for a little less time for the American ‘doughie’ effect that melts in your mouth, and a little longer for a more Dutch shortbread-cookie effect with more crunch. You know your oven.

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• How to make homemade cookies even more delicious
• Recipe for the most delicious pear caramel tartlets
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Recipe: Broma bakery