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orange pecan cookies

Orange Pecan Cookies

adapted from the 1974 Betty Crocker Cooky Book
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 24 minutes
Course cookies
Servings 40 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups brown sugar packed
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons orange zest grated
  • 1 teaspoon orange extract
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup pecans chopped

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Mix butter, brown sugar, eggs, orange zest and orange extract. Sift together the flour, salt and soda; stir into butter mixture. Stir in pecans.
  • Scoop dough into balls (about 1 ¼”) onto a parchment pape-lined baking sheet. Bake 14 minutes.