These buttery, melt-in-your-mouth old-fashioned pecan crescents cookies are a family heirloom Christmas cookie recipe.
Tried and true, these classic Christmas cookies are sure to be a hit on any holiday dessert tray!
As delicious as these pecan cookies are, they are really easy to whip up but taste amazing. We make these every year, no matter how hectic or busy we get.
Our household gets pretty hectic so its nice to have a repertoire of Christmas cookie recipes that I can really count on and these pecan crescents are on the top of that list.
Looking for more classic Christmas cookie recipes?
Check out some of my favourite holiday cookie ideas:
Stained Glass Window Shortbread Cookies
White Chocolate & Cranberry Shortbread
Pecan Crescents
Yields Approx. 52 Cookies
Ingredients:
1 Cup Butter, Room Temperature
5 Tbsp Sugar (+ 1/2 Cup for rolling cookies in)
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 Tbsp Cold Water
2 Cups Flour
1/4 tsp Salt
2 Cups Pecans, Chopped finely
Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Cream butter in a large bowl then mix in sugar, vanilla extract and water until well combined.
Sift in flour and salt and stir into mixture.
Add pecans and mix thoroughly.
Scoop out tbsp pieces of dough and shape into small logs, then bend slightly at both ends to form a crescent shape.
Roll cookies in granulated sugar and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until bottoms just turn golden.
Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack.
Once cool store in an airtight container.
Pecan Crescents
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Butter, Room Temperature
- 5 Tbsp Sugar, + 1/2 Cup for rolling cookies in
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tbsp Cold Water
- 2 Cups Flour
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 Cups Pecans, Chopped finely
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Cream butter in a large bowl then mix in sugar, vanilla extract and water until well combined.
- Sift in flour and salt and stir into mixture.
- Add pecans and mix thoroughly.
- Scoop out tbsp pieces of dough and shape into small logs, then bend slightly at both ends to form a crescent shape.
- Roll cookies in granulated sugar and place on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until bottoms just turn golden.
- Remove from oven and transfer to a cooling rack.
- Once cool store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Information:
Serving Size:
1 gramsAmount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g
Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!
Elizabeth Matthiesen
Thursday 29th of December 2016
These sound very similar to ones that we make for Christmas, though we don't use pecans but because of the pecans I know that my sister-in-law would absolutely love these more :-)
Cheryl
Wednesday 28th of December 2016
My mom makes these each year they are my fave Christmas cookie!! :)
kathy downey
Monday 26th of December 2016
I can see why you like them so much we made a batch on Christmas Eve and they were gone before the night was over,everyone really enjoyed them .
Darlene Schuller
Saturday 24th of December 2016
These look delicious ,, though the husband wouldn't care for them... not like that matters lol
Lynda Cook
Friday 23rd of December 2016
I think the last time I had these is when I was young, my grandmother made them and they were sooooo good, I am going to have to make some up and remember the good ole days!!