Thursday, December 1, 2011

Pecan Pizza Cookies ~As Seen in Down Home Magazine~

The Christmas Cookie Project
Day 1


Pecan Pizza Cookies




The recipe was recently featured in the November/December issue of
Down Home Magazine because it was easy to make but fun and creative! These pecan pizza cookies can be made with all homemade ingredients
 (cookie dough, caramel sauce), but you can use store bought ones 
(ready made dough, caramel ice cream topping) just as easily. My idea of homemade is pretty broad. I love to cook and bake, but I don't have nearly enough time to achieve my Betty Crocker dreams so I say that if i make it
 at home, it qualifies as homemade!! If you can make slice and bake cookies, then you can make these and impress everyone, especially your kids! 





Pecan Pizza Cookies 

1 batch sugar cookie dough
(1 small tube of refrigerated dough or enough to make about 24 cookies)

1 teaspoon cinnamon sugar mixture (divided in half)

1/2 cup chopped pecans (divided in half)

about 60 pecan halves

1 bottle caramel syrup (or caramel sauce)

1 large baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray (with flour)



pre-heat oven to 350

break cookie dough into 2 pieces

knead 1/2 of cinnamon sugar mixture and 1/2 of chopped nuts 
into each ball of dough

refrigerate 5-10 minute until it gets firm






flatten each ball of dough into a circle (about 6 in across) 
on the sprayed cookie sheet


top with the pecan halves in the shape of an X


crush remaining pecan halves into big chunks and fill in corners





cook 12-16 minutes, until the center sets


remove from oven & cool


drizzle with caramel syrup while they cool 


cut each cookie pizza into 6 triangles with a pizza cutter 



Enjoy.....cause Christmas Calories Don't Count!! 


You can download the recipe from Down Home Magazine on page 34.

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