Drop-and-Bake Lace Cookies
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons (1⁄2 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/3 cup very finely chopped pecans
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
Directions
- Heat oven to 350° F. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, sugars, and cream and bring to a boil. Boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in the pecans, flour, and salt.
- Drop level teaspoons of the warm batter, spacing them 4 inches apart, onto parchment-lined baking sheets. If the batter cools between batches and can’t be scooped, re-warm it slightly.
- Bake, rotating the sheets halfway through, until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on the sheets until firm, about 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely.
The cookies are insane! They are more like crackers with their crunch. They are delicate and flavorful- perfectly sweet, and buttery. As you can imagine by the ingredient list, they taste very similar to the topping of a sweet potato casserole- which is obviously the best part of that dish!
These cookies were fabulous- and they would make a great last minute addition to any dessert table!
This may be my last post until after Christmas, so I hope everyone enjoys the holiday!
I’d say have a “safe” and happy holiday, but my holidays are usually not too dangerous.
Unless you count the Christmas when my brother John hit my brother Pat over the head with a Tonka Truck, splitting Pat’s head open, which resulted in a Christmas trip to the ER! Don’t worry, it didn’t phase me. I got to stay home and play with my typewriter and Precious Places mansion.
Oh, the good old days.
I have a feeling Santa isn’t bringing a mansion this year.
And I really hope I don’t get a typewriter.
Oh how I love lace cookies! They’re so addicting and delicious. Yours look sooo good, I would love to eat them all.
Sounds yummy! (My favorite part is definitely the topping on the sweet potato casserole as well!)
These cookies look amazing, so thin and crispy!
It’s great to keep traditions going.
That’s so cute – christmas eve eve. It is true, we certainly are on the eve of christmas eve. I think that’s awesome that you have such wonderful memories of today
I do love lace cookies and will be making them this year as well. Your mansion is adorable. I wish I’d had one when I was a kid. ::sigh::
I love the Nutcracker – remember the Wang Center? Great mansion…great cookies!
what a lucky 7 year old you were! I’ve never had laced cookies – will have to give them a try!
My husband took me to see the Nutcracker for the first time last year. It was just fantastic! As far as the cookies I think I’ve had them before. Are they like florentine lace? Anyway, I am surprised by how easy they are to make for looking so pretty! Have a Merry Christmas!
These look fab, I grew up with my mum making these, and aren’t they just so tasty? So fitting for the holidays too.
Happy Holidays.
You had the Precious Places Mansion?! Oh my gosh! I LOVED my Precious Places when I was a kid. Never got the mansion, but I did have the little houses, church, and ice skating rink! Still have them in the attic! Funny how little magnets attached to toys can be so mesmerizing!
I love love lace cookies and yours are simply perfect.
Wishing you the gift of faith, the blessing of hope and the peace of His love at Christmas and always.
Happy Holidays,
Roxana
What a lovely family tradition! Maybe when my kids are old enough to appreciate it, we will start such a thing. I am in the Boston area too.
Great cookies! Merry Christmas to you and yours.
These look so delicious! I make a similar cookie with sliced blanched almonds and orange zest, but your pecan version sounds even better. I’ll have to remember this one for next year’s holiday baking!
Can you imagine blogging on a typewriter?
The cookies look crunchy and delicious!
Lace cookies are one of my favorites! I love the crunchy sweetness…gorgeous photos! Totally jeals of the mansion!
I just posted about lace cookies. I love them and yours look beautiful and delicious!
Now I’m craving fries AND cookies! Love the mansion, by the way. I played with doll houses until I was old enough to be considered a loser for doing so