- 15 mins
- 27 mins
4.7/5
(6 Votes)
Ingredients
- 36 pieces pecan halves
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons apple butter
- 1 large egg white
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Place pecans on a cookie sheet; bake until nuts begin to brown and are fragrant, about 5 minutes. Remove; set aside.
Combine sugar and butters in a medium bowl. Beat on medium speed with an electric mixer until soft. Add egg white and vanilla; beat until combined, scraping mixture off sides of bowl as needed.
In a medium bowl, whick together cocoa, flour and baking powder. Add to butter mixture; beat to combine.
Drop dough by even teaspoonsfuls, about 1 inch apart, onto 3 ungreased cookie sheets. Place 1 pecan half on top of each cookie. Bake for 12 minutes; remove from oven and allow to cool on pan for 6 minutes. Remove cookies with spatula to a rack to cool completely.