I found this recipe in Taste of Home magazine. This recipe was submitted by one of its readers. I'm so glad that I found this recipe because these cookies are absolutely delicious. It had the "melt in your mouth" texture, which reminded me of the butter biscuits we get in bakery shops in India.
I would say that these are the best cookies I have baked so far. It's not too sweet and it also has a hint of saltiness, which is the perfect combination. Also it's so easy to put together.
Ingredients
- ¾ Cup - Softened Butter
- 3.4 Oz - Instant Butterscotch Pudding Mix (1 Package)
- 1.25 Cups - All-Purpose Flour
- ½ Cup - Chopped Pecans
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Preheat oven at 375F for 15 minutes.
2. In a small mixing bowl, add butter.
3. Add instant butterscotch pudding mix into it.
4. Cream butter and pudding mix until smooth. I used a hand held electric mixer.
5. Gradually beat in all-purpose flour.
6. Fold in chopped pecans. Mix it well using spatula.
7. Grease a tablespoon with non stick cooking spray. Take a tablespoonful of dough and drop it on the baking sheet 2-inch apart. Flatten the dough using your fingers.
8. Bake it for 10-13 minutes or until light golden brown. Mine were perfectly done at 11 minutes.
9. Remove it from the oven and let it cool on the baking sheet itself for 5 minutes.
10. Then transfer it to a wire cooling rack and let it cool completely (10 minutes) before storing it in an airtight container.
Expert Tip
Grease 2 baking/cookie sheets using the butter wrapper itself. This way the leftover butter on the wrapper is not wasted.
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Recipe
Eggless Butter Pecan Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ Cup Butter Softened, I Used 1.5 Stick Smart Balance 50/50 Unsalted Butter Blend
- 3.4 Oz Instant Butterscotch Pudding Mix 1 Package, I Used Jello Brand Instant Pudding And Pie Mix.
- 1.25 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- ½ Cup Pecans Chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 375F for 15 minutes.
- In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and pudding mix until smooth. I used a hand held electric mixer.
- Gradually beat in all-purpose flour.
- Fold in chopped-pecans and mix it well using spatula.
- Grease a tablespoon with non stick cooking spray.
- Take a tablespoonful of dough and drop it on the baking sheet 2 inch apart. Flatten the dough using your fingers.
- Bake it for 10-13 minutes or until light golden brown. Mine were perfectly done at 11 minutes.
- Remove it from the oven and let it cool on the baking sheet itself for 5 minutes.
- Then transfer it to a wire cooling rack and let it cool completely before storing it in an airtight container.
My Notes
- The recipe does not need sugar. The cookies gets its sweetness from the sugar in the pudding mix. Once I prepared the dough, I tasted it and felt that it was not sweet enough. I was so tempted to add some sugar. But I'm really happy that I did not do it, because the cookies tasted perfect.
- The above measurement yields exactly 2 dozen cookies. I used 2 large baking sheets for each dozen and baked it one batch at a time. You can also bake both at the same time with one sheet on the middle rack and the other one on the bottom rack. If you decide to bake both batches at the same time, be sure to switch the baking sheets half way through. That is, once it's baked for 5 minutes, move the top rack sheet to the bottom and the bottom rack sheet to the top to ensure even baking.
- Using the same method, I'm also thinking of making Pistachio cookies using instant pistachio pudding mix and chopped pistachios instead of pecans.
Nutrition
Angela says
I also added 1/2 tsp of baking soda and baking powder... that made everything much better... now to go out and get some butterscotch chips... nummy.
Angela says
4 cups of pudding was a bit much so I tried 2 1/4 cups flour and add 1 cup milk, I also added a bit of salt because now the good flavor is going away. 🙄
I give up...LOL... it is dry on the outside but pudding like on the inside... not sure how to fix that... next time I will try your recipe... I bet it was a lot better!!!!!!!!!
I wish you had tried the cookies with the instant pudding mix. You would love it.
Madhuram says
Banu, thank you very much for your kind words. We loved the cookies too. Be sure to store it an airtight container, because it looses is crispness.
Banu says
Hi Madhu,
I came across your blog when I was looking for eggless recipes and was glad to have found an marvelous blog. I tried out the butter Pecan cookies and they came out very good as you have mentioned. My son loved it and could'nt stop eating them. Thank you for an wonderful recipe which takes us back to the bakeries in India. 🙂
Madhuram says
Jujubs, Pavani a warm welcome to both of you. I'll be sure to check out your blogs too. I was on a short break.
Miguel, welcome to my blog.
Thank you very much dear blogging buddies. I'm/was on a short break. Will be visting your blogs very soon.
Miguel says
I have found my food blog! Love the eggless cookies and I look forward to many more Wonderful recipes!!! Thanks!
JZ @ Tasty treats says
it really looks melt-in-the-mouth kind, Madhu! thanks for sharing!
Roma says
perfectly shaped and crisp cookies
Uma says
delicious cookies Madhu! Looks so good.
Bhawana says
you have lots of recipes in ur blog which I want to try :).
Nice. A surprise for you in my blog :). Check it.
SPillay says
Yum!!! I love cookies!!! 😛
sangeeth says
drooling here girl....u hav a lot of my favs in ur blog...great going!
suganya says
Hi...
This is very good recipe. One of my fried was asking eggless cookie recipe.... Love to forward this recipe to her. Looks prefect.
jayasree says
Yummy cookies. Looks very crisp... Good detailed pics.
Cham says
Delicious cookies and looks really buttery 😛
Smitha says
Looks delicious. Will defenitely try this one.
DivyA Vikram says
Looks delicious indeed..
Bharti says
Oh those look so decadent. What is it with desis and the butterscotch flavor? Almost everyone I know loves that flavor. Will try these guys out.
G.Pavani says
Hi Madurima
Happy Friendship Day
Pics are excellent,the way u presented the blog is very good.I have a microwave but i dnt known how to make cookies.After seeing this u made easy for me to do.Thank u very much for such a nice recipe.
Bu the way i am G.pavani recently added to Taste Of India.
Myblogis :www.fooddamaka.blogspot.com
Jujubs says
Hello Madhuram,
I came across your page from blog catalog sometime back and have been visiting your site often. You have got a marvelous blog with well presented recipes.pecan cookies looks really yum..!
Jujubs