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12 Days of Baking - Day 10: Butter Pecan Cookies

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This Butter Pecan Cookies recipe is another one that is new to me . I found these bad boys on Pinterest, of course. They are really good and pretty darn simple. 

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Gather your ingredients: flour, sugar, brown sugar, corn starch, vanilla, baking soda, salt, pecans, butter, eggs.

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Chop up and toast your pecans! This smells heavenly.

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You know the drill, beat your butter and sugar until they are fluffy little clouds of yummy goodness.

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Mmmmm butter and sugar!!!

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Stir together your dry ingredients.

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Add your dry to wet. Mix until just combined.

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Gather up those toasty nuts.

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 Mix 'em in.

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Sniff that yummy dough.

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Now we have to let it get all cold and happy, so wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and toss it in the fridge.

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Look at that log of dough. It's it pretty?!

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Once you get your dough all cold and happy, get a tablespoon and scoop dough into balls, then roll them to make them stick together.

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Then give them the sweetest treatment of all, a sugar bath!

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Put those bad boys on a cookies sheet and bake.

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I think Santa & Mrs. Clause would love a plate of these, just sayin'!

In case you missed it: 

Day 1: Peanut Butter Blossoms

Day 2: Andes Mint Cookies

Day 3: Chocolate Chip

Day 4: Chocolate Chocolate Chunk with Bacon

Day 5: Rolled Sugar Cookie Cutouts

Day 6: Coconut Macaroons

Day 7: Soft, Spicy, Heavenly Ginger Cookies

Day 8: Chocolate Peppermint Crinkle Cookies

Day 9: Iced Oatmeal Cookies