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Eggless Butter Pecan Cookies
August 3rd, 2008 Madhuram Posted in Cookies | 
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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.
Yield: 24 cookies
1. Preheat oven at 375F for 15 minutes.
2. In a small mixing bowl, cream butter and pudding mix until smooth. I used a hand held electric mixer.
3. Gradually beat in flour.
5. Grease a tablespoon with non stick cooking spray.
6. Take a tablespoonful of dough and drop it on the baking sheet 2 inch apart.
7. Flatten the dough using your fingers.
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 before storing it in an airtight container.
1. Grease 2 baking/cookie sheets using the butter wrapper itself. This way the leftover butter on the wrapper is not wasted.
3. 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.
4. Using the same method, I’m also thinking of making Pistachio cookies using instant pistachio pudding mix and chopped pistachios instead of pecans.
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July 28th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Can you use Walnuts instead of pecan for these cookies?
Yes you can Sonia.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Hi Madhuram,
I made the pistachio version of the cookies you suggested and the cookies were amazing. My picky mother even loved them. I didn’t have enough pistachios so i used some walnuts and almonds… worked out really well…. Thanks for the recipe… My mom asks me to make them all the time now!!!
Thanks for the feedback Sonaly. But picky mother? I guess it’s payback time!
March 19th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Hey Madhuram,
Its Sumi again, I had used the salted butter by mistake earlier, well, here is an update:
I tried this recipe again with the unsalted butter this time and with the pistachio flavor (I used almonds instead of pecans) and added some elaichi to it. Genereal consensus among my buddies was that they loved the salty butter pecan ones better, some even told me to stick to the original recipe and quit messing with it! So, thanks again for the great recipe!
Sumi glad to know that there are takers for both the versions!
February 24th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Hi Madhuram, I found your website a couple of days ago and tried this recipe, it looked great, so tried it out for a party the other day, unfortunately used salted butter by mistake, but it still turned out great, a bit salty, a bit sweet but totally awesome, thansk again for this!
Sumi
Ouch! Sumi, I’m really glad that it you liked it anyway.
February 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
I made these yesterday but all I had on hand was plain vanilla flavored pudding mix (not french vanilla). I made mine with 1/2 cup of mini choc chips. I thought they were great but only could get one of my boys to eat them. I wonder if I used french vanilla if they’d be a bit more flavorful? Do you have any idea what the nutritional information on these are? I love the fact that the only sugar comes from the pudding mix.
Hi Renae, thanks for trying the recipe. We can never predict kids. I don’t think it’s because of the regular vanilla that he didn’t like it. I’m not sure about the nutrition info, will try to find it.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
Is it possible to use this recipe with sugar free pudding?
You are talking about pudding mix with artificial sweeteners right? I think it will work.
January 22nd, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Hi Madhuram, I tried these cookies some time back and just loved them…I just posted it in my blog…thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe
Thanks Usha. Will check it out. I too have to post your Oats Idli. Will get to it soon.