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scd butter pecan cookies


  • Author: Hannah Carney
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 7 minutes
  • Total Time: 17 minutes
  • Yield: 12 cookies 1x

Description

Moist, thick, and soft butter pecan flavored cookies with a sweet honey glaze. Made with wholesome ingredients, no refined sugar, and lots of pecans!


Ingredients

Scale
  • 3/4 cup pecan flour
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 cup honey
  • 2 eggs
  • 3 tbsp. butter, melted
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/3 cup chopped pecans
  • (optional) handful of raw pumpkin seeds

Glaze:


Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350F.
  2. Stir together the pecan flour, coconut flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized bowl.
  3. Add in the honey, eggs, butter, & vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
  4. Stir in the chopped pecans and raw pumpkin seeds. 
  5. With a cookie scooper, scoop out out the dough on to a lightly greased cookie tray.
  6. Lightly press each cookie dough ball with a fork in a criss-cross pattern.
  7. Bake for 7 minutes.

Glaze: 

  1. In a small microwave-safe dish, combine the watermelon seed butter, water, and honey.
  2. Microwave for 30 seconds, or until the watermelon seed butter is melted. 
  3. Stir with a spoon & drizzle over the warm cookies. 

Notes

The cookies mostly retain their shape while baking, so flatten the cookie dough balls with a fork to your desired thickness.

  • Category: something sweet
  • Method: bake

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cookie
  • Calories: 140
  • Sugar: 7
  • Fat: 8
  • Carbohydrates: 9
  • Fiber: 1
  • Protein: 3

Keywords: specific carbohydrate diet, paleo, grain-free cookies, gluten-free cookies, paleo recipe, butter pecan cookies, healthy cookies, scd recipes