132 pecan cookie recipes

Lemon lush layered dessert with a buttery pecan shortbread crust, cream cheese filling, lemon pudding, and whipped topping. A four-layer no-bake icebox dessert that chills overnight and cuts into clean squares.

Heritage-style sour milk cookies filled with a cooked raisin and ground walnut filling brightened by lemon juice. An old-fashioned farmhouse treat rolled, cut, and sealed by hand.

Concentration candy cookies: brown sugar-pecan cookies topped with matched pairs of colored candy-coated chocolates. A clever kids' memory-match game cookie for parties.

Pecan fingers with a buttery shortbread base and a chewy brown sugar pecan topping, dusted with powdered sugar. Two-layer bar cookies made entirely in the microwave.

Praline macaroons from Mississippi: chewy meringue cookies built on whipped egg whites, brown sugar, and toasted pecans, each one crowned with a whole pecan half. Crisp shell, soft center, pure Southern bakery counter.

Hello Dollies are layered magic cookie bars with vanilla wafer crust, pecans, coconut, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, and sweetened condensed milk baked until gooey and golden.

Surprise-center butter cookies with 4 hidden fillings: Andes mints, cherries, chocolate chips, and pecans. Each batch gets its own color-coded icing. A fun holiday baking project.

Moravian sand tarts are thin, buttery Pennsylvania Dutch cookies rolled paper-thin and topped with a pecan half. The dough chills overnight for easy rolling and crisp results.

Jan Hagels are crisp Dutch shortbread cookies spiced with cinnamon and ginger, brushed with egg white, and topped with chopped pecans or walnuts. Sliced into rectangular bars while warm.

Cherry-stuffed cookies wrapped in almond-vanilla dough and dipped in dark or white chocolate. A surprise maraschino cherry hidden inside each one.

Cake mix crumble bars with a crunchy oat and pecan topping over gooey strawberry pie filling. A one-pan, one-hour shortcut dessert that punches way above its effort level.

No-bake cocoa bourbon balls made with crushed vanilla wafers, pecans, powdered sugar, and a generous pour of bourbon. Roll in fruit sugar, chopped pecans, or cocoa powder. Ready in 15 minutes.

Deep-fried choux pastry bites with pecans and maple extract, tossed in powdered sugar. A crispy, nutty treat using classic pate a choux dough ready in 15 minutes.

Georgia pecan biscotti with toasted pecans and orange zest, twice-baked until shatteringly crisp. A Southern twist on the Italian classic, perfect for dunking.

White chocolate nut cookies with hand-chopped white chocolate chunks and mixed nuts in a brown sugar dough. A big-batch drop cookie with crisp edges and a chewy, buttery center.

Glazed almond cookies rolled in sliced almonds, baked until golden, then drizzled or dipped in amaretto chocolate ganache. A festive nut cookie for cookie tins and holiday trays.