Orange Pecan Cookies
adapted from the 1974 Betty Crocker Cooky Book
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.