Chewy Pecan Cookies

5 from 5 votes

These Chewy Pecan Cookies are full of crunchy pecans in a buttery cookie. Give the gift of fresh cookies at home to neighbors, teachers, and friends!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Dutch

Keyword: Cookies, Pecan

Servings:

Calories: 257kcal

Author: Echo Blickenstaff

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together butter, sugar, and brown sugar. Mix in egg and vanilla.
In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, and baking powder together. Stir in oats, pecans, and rice cereal.
Stir dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Blend well.
Scoop dough in approximately 1 1/2 inch balls onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.

Using a wide mouth, quart-size glass jar, layer ingredients in the order given on the ingredient list starting with the white sugar on the bottom and ending with the flour mixed with 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp baking powder.
After each ingredient is added, press it down firmly in the jar using the bottom of a narrow drinking glass or cup.
Place the lid on the jar and tie the directions onto the jar with a decorative ribbon.

When giving a gift in a jar, there are lots of fun, creative ways to decorate the jar and to attach the directions.

I usually keep it pretty simple by punching a hole in the corner of the directions tag, stringing a ribbon through the hole, and then tying it around the lid.
If the ribbon I'm using is wider than the whole punch, like in this picture, I tie the direction tag on with a string or yarn and then tie the ribbon over it.
Get our free download for the gift tags in the above photo.