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These chocolate chip pecan cookies are perfectly crisp around the edges, soft in the middle, and loaded with chocolate chips and pecans! No flour needed and take just 12 minutes.
How do you elevate chocolate chip cookies? Add pecans.
Chocolate chip cookies with pecans are a taste and texture lover’s dream. You get mouthfuls of chocolate and some crunch from the pecans, with even more pecan flavor in the cookies themselves.
I thought I hit the jackpot when I made my Nutella cookies or almond butter cookies, but these with pecans take the crown. For such a fancy cookie, I love how they need just a handful of ingredients. The baking time? Less than 12 minutes and the chilling time is completely optional!
Ingredients needed
This pecan cookie recipe is very basic: there is no flour or grains needed, and just 5 key ingredients. Here is what you’ll need to make it:
- Pecan butter. Drippy pecan butter with no added sugar.
- Brown sugar. Coconut sugar or a mix of brown and white sugar work.
- Eggs. Room temperature eggs.
- Baking soda. Leavening agent that gives the cookies some stability and thickness.
- Chocolate chips. I used dark chocolate chips but milk or white chocolate also works.
- Pecans. Raw pecans or salted pecans. Use the latter if you like the sweet and salty combination.
How to make chocolate chip pecan cookies
It’s a simple 3-step process to baking cookies. If you are in a pinch, you can skip the chilling process completely. Here is the basic idea for how to make pecan cookies with chocolate chips (or see the recipe below for specifics):
- Mix: Cream together the pecan butter, sugar, eggs, and baking soda. Fold through the chocolate chips and pecans.
- Chill: Cover the mixing bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Shape: Remove the dough from the refrigerator and scoop out balls of cookie dough and place it on a lined baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are firm.
Dietary swaps and substitutions
These cookies are easy to adapt to various other diets out there or if you don’t have an ingredient on hand. Here are tested options to try:
- Make it eggless by swapping out the eggs with an egg substitute.
- Cut the sugar by using a brown sugar substitute and sugar free chocolate chips.
- Substitute the pecan butter for another nut butter, like almond butter or peanut butter.
- Add mix-ins like coconut flakes, raisins, or even chopped up white or milk chocolate.
Storage info
What is the best way to store pecan cookies? Here are best practices for cookie storage:
- Up to 5 days: Store at room temperature, covered.
- 1 week or more: These cookies store well in the refrigerator as well! Let them sit at room temperature for several minutes before eating.
- 6 months: Place the cooled cookies in a ziplock bag and store them in the freezer for up to 6 months.
More cookies to try
- Coconut flour cookies
- Subway cookies
- Healthy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies
- Levain bakery cookies
- Nutella stuffed cookies
Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies (No flour)
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecan butter
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, add the pecan butter, egg, brown sugar, and baking soda, and mix well. Fold through the pecan and chocolate chips.
- Cover the bowl and refrigerate the cookie dough for 30 minutes.
- Scoop out 12 portions of cookie dough and place them on the lined sheet. Press down on each ball of cookie dough into a cookie shape.
- Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges are mostly firm.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and let them cool completely.
Do you how to make the pecan butter or almon as I have a lot of these raw nuts, Or to make almon milk then I wouldn’t have to by the milk.
Hey Arman,
You’re in Australia, right? Could you please tell me where I could find some caramel chips down under? These look delish!
Hey Helena! YES! Unfortunately, I brought those back from America! I have a no bake cookie recipe to share soon which taste better than this :p
Ahhh, that’s the smart thang when travelling!…I’ll await your next recipe with bated breath! 😛
these sounds delicious! Love Pecans in cookies. Also love that you have added coconut oil and chia seeds, another 2 favourites of mine. Over here in the UK there is a difference between vanilla essence and vanilla extract, extract is better, I make my own! 🙂
OH nice! I never knew there was a difference…I’m so embarrassed now!
Oh great idea, breakfast cookies and with pecans! Gorgeous
Thank you so much, Alison! 🙂
OOoo this is my idea of heaven…..cookies for breakfast 🙂 #recipeoftheweek
Thanks Hayley- appreciate it! 🙂
As everyone mentioned – awesome pics Arman!!! BUT – come on – shouldn’t you tag me in your posts for cookies so I don’t miss them since I am crazy busy right now! 🙂 I can give you my mailing address too! 🙂 I LOVE PECANS!!!!!! I don’t keep all these ingredients in the house so will have to think bout whether I should buy… 🙂 Can I just grind up outs to make oat flour or do I have to buy… I just have oats & oat bran in my house. I have to google vanilla essence – clueless! 🙂
How good are pecans! Vanilla essence is vanilla extract- damn Aussie language haha!
Serves: 10
What it actually means: serves ME
If only it was keto.
Someone’s been practicing with the cameraaaaa! 😀 The pictures look great, mister! And what’s this about caramel chips? Are those like butterscotch chips? And if now, where am I supposed to find them?! I’ve kind of been cheating on chocolate with butterscotch lately. I’m not sorry.
Thank you! Remind me to buy a packet of butterscotch chips in T town and I’ll let you know. 😉
My breakfasts usually consist of a smoothie and breakfast muffin but I definitely will be having to change this and add your breakfast cookies to my morning meal. They look great!
Thanks, Thalia- smoothies and breakfast muffins are pretty epic too 😉
Loooook at these photos, amaze!!
Thank you, buddy!
You’ve done it again! These look gorgeous (and yummy!) You are the Willie Wonka of the breakfast goodie world. I am all for single serve recipes. I rarely bake, in part because I don’t want an entire batch of anything. Hope your weekend is splendid!
Oh God, I just need a Veruca salt and I’ll be all set!
Oh yumm. I definitely am a fan of caramel, so these…..send them.
And yup, crisp factor totally is a thing!! Actually pretty much the most important one when it comes to cookie or pizza crust.
Totally solo here! Single serving stuff, yes please. I am still waiting for a bounty creation of yours.
OH PIZZA CRUST.
Remind me to take you to this place which makes the BEST crust. Seriously. We just eat crust.
Bounty to come. Promise.
ahhh I want to eat cookies for breakfast! And look at you getting all fancy with your photography – looking awesome buddy!
Thank you Samantha K. (There was a girl in my highschool called Samantha K. She was actually a twat- you’re the cool Samantha K).
Love this Arman! I want more!
I always think about making cookies but I just don’t want to deal with a whole batch. You’re perfect.
so what do i need to get shipped to my house ASAP
Get me a green card haha!
I’m super excited about how delish these sound but I’m even more pumped about how amazing they LOOK. Your pics are looking so bomb, you stunna you!
Thanks buddddy. You D and Lee inspire always (that rhymed too).
I’m always good with anything to do with cookies for breakfast! These sound fabulous, and yes, I love single serve recipes, so keep them coming!
YES!! Be warned there’s many more. Maybe I should start making triple recipes 😉
It’s cute that you think I have the self-control to allow these to cool…
Are you flirting with me?
Don’t stop.
Errrrr who be taking your pics bro….looking phenomenal!! Now time to go back and re-read your recipe….I was too mesmerised by the photos!!
Thank you!
These look soo yummy! LOL- “Let them cool and see their ‘crisp’ factor (Yes, it’s a thing. Deal with it).” it is TOTALLY a thing!! in my house we used to take the cookies out of the oven slightly raw bc they continued to cook on the tray. it’s science. but then we started taking them out REALLY early and were essentially eating warm dough. 😀
That is epic brainwork there, buddy.
Confession- I’m thinking of posting a recipe for overbaked cookies broken up and calling it granola. Hey hey hey.
dang Arman, ask and you deliver! in more than one way!
Anything for you 😉
admittedly I didn’t read the post. Too busy looking at your pictures! I feel a #transformationtuesday coming on! Night Munt Bucket.
i agree! great photos!! teach me your ways.. both of you
She’s a maven for a reason!
Remember when Kelly Clarkson sang ‘Because of you’?
Take it. Fly with it. Munt it.
gorgeous photos, friend!
Thanks, buddy- you’ve been an inspiration!
Great pictures! It looks like you’ve really changed your photography technique lately. 🙂
Also, yum. Minus the pecans. I would just replace them with more caramel chips haha.
Thanks CK (ChelseaKale- not Calvin Klein- not classy enough ;))
Ooh these look like they would have a good ‘snap’ when you break them! Yummers!
Would totally put chopped dates in instead of caramel chips – they would go ooey and goey like caramel too! Mmmm dates!
YES! haha, I definately tested out the snap factor!
I think I need more Caramel in my life. Also probably more cookies. I actually can’t remember the last time I had a cookie. Or gelato either for that matter. I need to get on this. It’s like I don’t even know myself anymore.
P.S. Great pics.
I’m bringing you a batch of these for T TOWN!!!!
I’m looking forward to it. In the meantime, I went out and got some gelato because duh, gelato.
Ummmm…..GORGEOUS photos!!! Seriously, bravo my friend. These pictures look so good I could eat THEM 🙂
Thank you buddy! Appreciate it 🙂
I never thought about adding chia to a cookie batter. Very interesting. How does that work? Is the chia still like a seed or is it thickening the dough? What’s the red in the pictured cookie? Did you add any berries?
Btw I love your photos even more recently! Great job!
I forgot to tell you that I didn’t get your What’s App. I already felt neglected 😉
Ohhh I should mention- be really careful with the chia seeds- I kinda dropped them on top for the outside not really much in the batter!
The red is some of the hardened caramel sauce 🙂 Thank you kind chicken!
these look so perfect. Perfectly round and chewy. Pinned’em 🙂
Thank you, Chelsea!
I’ve always been scared to put chia seeds into baked goods, thinking they might absorb too much liquid too fast. I’m interested to hear if you had any similar issues! If not, awesome, because I love throwing chia seeds into everything 🙂 usually I just throw millet in there if I want something seedy/crunchy but want to be safe. Caramel is one of the most underrated flavors, too. Yum!
Sorry buddy- I should have been more clear- the chia seeds were sprinkled on top and not mixed in!
Great pics! I need some carmel in my life pronto. These look amazing.
Thank you- caramel makes the world go round. Just kidding, it just gives us diabetes. So worth it.
Again with the ‘make-me-want-to-eat-my-screen’ pics. Also, my mother would flip if I ate cookies for breakfast (even if they’re called breakfast cookies). I’m gonna make a batch, skype her, and eat them all while she watches. Thanks for giving me this opportunity haha
Omg that is something I would totally do with my mum too. You are the best.
Beautiful!!! So excited to try these!
Hope you do!
Lookin Fab Armie. Also- I like how you call it vanilla essence…we call it extract 😀 #merica
Thanks Lee-ie. (that worked…not).
#straya.
1. I can see the benefits and interest in the single serve concept. 2. You said “epic bloody fail” and that makes me smile. 3. What makes me smile more is when someone gets you to say “grinds my gears.” 4. Totally impressed with your photography skills these days.
You epically bloody fail at grinding my gears. Thanks friend!
Stop with the cookies! You are NOT welcome! I am trying to get ready for chicago here, I want to destroy my PR, and here you keep giving me tempting cookies….and not just any old cookies, BREAKFAST COOKIES!!!! My sweet tooth is going nuts…..must keep it together for 2.5 more weeks!!!!
These are healthy so GoOOOOOOOOOOOO for it haha.
This is like a snickerdoodle on caramel crack. That is drug that I am willing to get hooked on.
Drugs are bad. Except these. I forgive you.