Cinnamon Pecan Icebox Cookies {Leftovers Club}
Cinnamon Pecan Icebox Cookies – A perfect make ahead and freeze cookie. When you’re ready, you just slice them up and bake them!
Attention all cookie lovers! Boy have I found an amazing cookie for you! And as an added bonus, they are so easy to have ready in the fridge waiting to be baked up when the craving hits!
I’m so excited for this post! Not only do I have this FABULOUS cookie to share with you, but it is also my first month to do a recipe swap with the Leftovers Club! This is so much fun! A group of bloggers pair up each month and send some of our baked goodies to another member of the group. In return, they send us some of their baked goodies and we share all the creations with you! As soon as I heard about this group, I knew it sounded so much fun.
This month I was paired up with Shaina from Take a Bite out of Boca. She sent me some WONDERFUL little treats last week and she’s sharing them today too! It was so exciting to get them in the mail. My parents were over at my house and were just about to back out of the driveway when I decided to check the mail. I pulled out this little box of goodies straight from Florida. We all sampled them right there in the driveway.
Isn’t that cool? How many times have you wanted to reach into your computer screen and give some of the treats you see online a try? I know I do all the time!
So these little Cinnamon Pecan Icebox Cookies headed Shaina’s way on Monday. They are so yummy! My husband, who is not the biggest fan of cookies or a lot of desserts for that matter, can just about eat a dozen of them. I’m telling y’all…these little suckers are addicting!
They are so easy to make ahead and have a roll in the freezer waiting to slice up and bake. They are definitely something I’ll be making over and over for lunchboxes and after school snacks too.
Cinnamon Pecan Icebox Cookies {Leftovers Club}
Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- Sugar Coating:
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, beat butter until creamy.
- Add sugars and beat until well mixed.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat well.
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture and beat well.
- Add pecans and beat on low speed just until mixed.
- Scoop out dough onto plastic wrap and wrap up while shaping it into a ball. Chill for an hour.
- Take out dough and split in half. Place each half onto a sheet of waxed paper. Shape the dough into a 6 inch log using the wax paper to help you roll it up and smooth it out. Once you have it shaped, roll the log with the wax paper and twist the edges to seal it. Place in the freezer to firm up for a few hours to overnight. (If you plan on storing it for longer, wrap each wax paper log in plastic wrap and then in foil to store).
- Remove from freezer once firm and let it sit out for about 5 minutes to make it easier to slice.
- Roll in sugar coating mixture in a shallow dish pressing the cinnamon/sugar onto outside of log.
- Slice 1/4 inch thick and bake on ungreased baking sheet at 350 degrees for 12 to 14 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Notes
*Makes 2 dozen
*Baking for 14 minutes makes a slightly crispier cookie- I usually do one batch at 12 minutes and one at 14 because we like them both ways.
*Adapted from Southern Living Incredible Cookies
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Oh cinnamon and pecans in a cookie sounds amazing! And since my husband doesn’t like pecans, there will be more for me 🙂
Thanks Mallory!
really good. At first I wondered why you would not put cinnamon in the dough, but putting cinnamon and sugar on the outside preserves the butter and pecan flavors and adds cinnamon without being overpowering. Very good.
I love that you sample Shaina’s treats in the driveway! Welcome to the Leftovers Club! We love having you here 🙂
Thanks Elizabeth! This has been so much fun!
Jaren, these cookies look wonderful! I think I may need to add them to my Christmas cookie list this year!
Thanks Kelly! They really would make the perfect Christmas cookie!
That sounds like a fun club! I’ll love surprises and cookies. Total win-win here!
Laura, they are allergy friendly too! You just put in any allergies in the form you submit!
Okay, these look and sound amazing!
I may have to make a batch this weekend!
Thanks Kimberly!
The cinnamon flavor in these cookies is SO powerful and that is why I love them SO SO SO much! I was really anxious to see your recipe because I couldn’t quite put my finger on what kind of cookie they were supposed to be… Snickerdoodle was my first thought. They’re so yummy! Thank you so much 🙂
It was a lot of fun to swap with you, and I’m so happy you liked them!
These do look good Jaren, I love pecan cookies but never had cinnamon with pecans. So you have peaked my interest in these. lol Hugs, Brenda
Your family will love them Brenda!
These sound amazing, Jaren, and what a super fun club! I’m a a total pecan lover, so these are already a win in my book. 😉
Thanks Ashlyn!
Wow, these look amazing! Great combo!!
Thanks Faye!
What gorgeous-looking cookies! They sound super-tasty too! Lucky partner. ;-D
Thanks Michele!
Thanks for sharing your cookies with us at Best of the Weekend – I’ll be featuring these tomorrow night on my blog.
Thank you so much Deb!!
Great cookies, I can’t wait to try these also!!
Thanks Bea!
Oooh how yummy do these look! I cant wait to try!
Thanks Jessica!
When I was in home economics class (in the 70’s) we made a similar cookie. I have been looking for that recipe. It seems to me the cinnamon was in the batter instead of as a coating. Asking if you think the cookie would taste good with the cinnamon in the batter? Or, maybe with all your recipes you know what recipe I might be thinking about. I remember the teacher saying ‘Funny thing, it is just called refrigerator cookie’. I have been looking for years. Any thoughts?
Hi Mari! I think the cinnamon in the batter would be good too. I actually don’t have another recipe for a cinnamon cookie, but those old recipes are the best! Thanks for visiting!
I made these cookies today and they are DELICIOUS! This is a recipe that reminds me of the icebox cookies so frequently made by my grandmother 50+ years ago. Great memories.
Hi Lori! I love this cookie recipe too! Thank you for trying them and letting me know!