Name: Mini Crumbl Pecan Pie Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Ingredients: 1 cup butter (softened); 3/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1 egg; 1/4 cup vegetable oil; 2 tsp vanilla; 3 cups flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 1/2 cups brown sugar; 2 tbsp butter; 1 cup light corn syrup; 3/4 tsp salt; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 1/2 cups pecans (chopped)

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I’m not sure if we can go through the holidays without pecan pie. Whether it is traditional pecan pie, Pecan Pie Truffles, Maple Pecan Pie Bars or these amazing Mini Crumbl Pecan Pie Cookies, pecan pie is a staple for the holiday season. Even my husband who claims “not to like pie” likes these cookies. He loves them probably because I call them “cookies” and not “pie”.

These Pecan Pie Cookies are modeled after the super popular Crumbl Pecan Pie cookies but these are in mini form. It’s a super easy to make, delicious, shortbread cookie topped with a sweet pecan pie filling. It’s like a full pecan pie in bite-size form.

DON’T OVERCOMPENSATE WITH THE SIZE

Sure, you can make these the GIANT Crumbl size, but ask yourself this, do you really need to? Do you want to make a “shareable cookie”? I don’t know about you, but we don’t share our cookies well. Yes, these are mini so that we can have 3 cookies instead and never have to share a cookie.

This Pecan Pie recipe makes 36 cookies because I recommend making them MUCH smaller than Crumbl would. Instead of a “shareable cookie”, this is a bite-sized cookie that you won’t feel so guilty eating. Three bites and it’s gone. I would assume Crumbl uses at least 1/4-1/3 of a cup of cookie dough for each cookie and I suggest about 1 tablespoons of dough in order to make these a more manageable (and adorable!) size.

If you’d like to try one of our other Crumbl cookie copycat recipes, may we suggest: Mini Butterfinger Cookies, Caramel Apple Cookies, Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies, Cookie Dough Cookies, Blue Monster Cookies, Dark Dream Cookies, Sea Salt Toffee Cookies, Carrot Cake Cookies, Rocky Road Cookies, Peanut Butter Oreo Cookies, Cornbread Cookies, Lemon Glaze Cookies, Funfetti Milkshake Cookies, Crumbl Turtle Cookies, Chocolate Ft. York Cookies, Crumbl Dirt Cake Cookies, Mini Twix, or the Churro Cookies.

For full information on ingredients and quantities, please see the recipe card below.

PECAN PIE FILLING INGREDIENTS

For full information on ingredients and quantities, please see the recipe card below.

PECAN PIE COOKIE INGREDIENTS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use parchment paper or a silpat mat to line a baking sheet.

2. Cream the butter, powdered sugar and sugar in a stand mixer until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure all ingredients are blended.

3. Add in the egg, vegetable oil, vanilla and beat until combined.

4. Add in flour, baking powder, and salt. Stir until all combined.

5. Scoop out dough and roll into balls. Scoop out about 1 TBSP of dough for mini cookies (or 1/4 cup dough for BIG cookies). Place dough balls on prepared pan (12 cookies to a pan if smaller cookies). With the back of a 1/2 teaspoon or using your thumb, gently press an indentation into the top of the dough balls.

6. Bake for about 11-12 minutes. Remove from oven. Immediately press down in the center of each cookie with the back of a tablespoon to create space to hold the pecan pie filling. Transfer cookies to cooling rack. NOTE: If you decide to make the bigger cookies, you’ll need to bake them for 13-15 minutes.

7. While cookies are cooling, make the pecan pie filing. Add the pecans, brown sugar, butter, light corn syrup and salt into a saucepan and heat on medium heat. Stir continuously until the edges start to boil slightly. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 tsp of vanilla. Let cool for 10 minutes.